Luckily, this totally independent desktop client version is easy to run within its own window, and has all the features of the Web version. TeamViewer version is outdated – One possible scenario is that the TeamViewer client version that you’re using is outdated.One of the biggest issues with WhatsApp web is that to use it on your PC you'll need to run a compatible browser. Versions older than TeamViewer 12 are equipped with a hotfix that resolves the glitch that was known to trigger the “Initiating display parameters”. If this scenario is applicable, updating the client to the latest version on both machines should resolve the issue.

Remote Wallpaper is enabled – This particular TW setting is known to facilitate the apparition of this error message.Several users have reported that the connection was initiating without errors once they disabled Remove Remote Wallpaper from the Options menu.Display Quality is set to Optimize Quality – Several affected users have reported that the issue was resolved as soon as they changed the Display quality to Optimize Speed.Unnatended Remove Access is not configured – This error might also occur if the TeamViewer client is not configured to allow connections if someone is not logged in.This is typically reported to be effective in those cases where one of the machines is dealing with an unstable network connection. The PC is not configured for remote control – It’s also possible that TeamViewer doesn’t have the necessary permissions because your computer is not configured to allow remote control access.If this scenario is applicable, you will be able to resolve it by reinstalling TeamViewer with Unattended Remote Access. A process is conflicting with TeamViewer – BGInfo (a process belonging to SysInternals) is known to trigger the “Initiating Display Parameters” hang by conflicting with the TW app.If this is applicable, you can revert this setting by taking a trip to the System Properties screen.

As it turns out, this occurs because both applications will request access to some settings related to the wallpaper.

Host PC is in standby mode – Another possible reason why this issue occurs is that the host pc is currently in standby mode with the screen turned off.In this case, disabling the conflicting process should resolve the issue. This is known to produce this particular error with even the newest TW builds.

Teamviewer previous versions 12