Install a Mirror Driver

A mirror driver is a display driver, for a virtual device, that mirrors the drawing operations of one or more additional physical display devices.

When the mirror driver is installed, Splashtop streamer uses a different way of capturing the screen. This will help solve a few common issues, including the following:

• Slow screen refresh or high CPU usage on a Windows Server 2003 or 2008
• The remote computer's screen appears black if the Chrome browser is running
• The remote computer's screen appears black if it doesn't have a monitor connected

To install the mirror driver:

1. Open the Streamer program from the Start Menu.

2. Click on the Advanced tab and scroll down to click on the Install Mirror Driver button.  A UAC window confirming the installation appears.

3. Click Install to continue.  The Button will change to "Uninstall Mirror Driver" when complete.

Note: Does NOT apply to Mac OS