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.
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.
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.
netsh wlan show hostednetwork
will let you see if this feature is turned on in the first place. If it is, then the Mode:
will be set to Allowed
.
May 3, 2017 at 19:26
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow
does. This is privileged operation to narrow suspects down
Jan 28, 2020 at 21:03
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
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
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