Is there a simple and permanent way to disable the Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter permanently.
I believe this device may be the source of some wifi problems my users have been having.
asked Jun 23, 2014 at 19:01
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This link was mentioned in another thread (technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd759204.aspx). They say it worked. But I cannot figure out how to follow the steps.– SlavaAug 5, 2015 at 12:52
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AFAIK, the Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter is a virtual adaptor for sharing your internet connection (ie. making a wifi hotspot, or 'hosted network').
To disable this, open an elevated command prompt (cmd as admin) and type in the following commands, in order:
netsh wlan stop hostednetwork This stops the hosted network
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=disallow This disables the hotspot.
This worked for me and removed the adaptor on my computer.
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This works only temporarily. The Miniport Adapters reappear after some time (reboot?).– SlavaAug 5, 2015 at 12:40
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1I ran these commantds 3 times already. Every time it works. But when I experience wifi problems I visit Control panel > Network connections, and yep, there they are again. 2 Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapters.– SlavaAug 5, 2015 at 12:55
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1It's worth mentioning that
netsh wlan show hostednetworkwill let you see if this feature is turned on in the first place. If it is, then theMode:will be set toAllowed. May 3, 2017 at 19:26 -
1@Alph.Dev, then you have some other software which re-enables it, just like
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allowdoes. This is privileged operation to narrow suspects down Jan 28, 2020 at 21:03
This virtual adapter was installed by my Intel Wireless driver software. I was unable to disconnect my main Network Interface Card driver from this virtual adapter software. So I just disabled the virtual adapter from the network connections window.
Right-click->disable
To permanent deletion of the hosted network adapter (Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter) just delete in windows registers this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Wlansvc\Parameters\HostedNetworkSettings\HostedNetworkSettings
look up device manager> view (on the top bar)> view hidden devices> network adapters(in the main area)> find microsoft virtual adapter> right click disable.
nope u need to look up device manager>view hidden devices(at the top)> on the main screen under network adapter find the microsoft virtual adapters > right click disable
