Windows 10: Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter is Evil!

Tonight I finally have confirmation that my Ralink RT5390 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter is not bad. Something in Windows 10 is bad. I have been dealing with this problem for a few months. In the system tray it shows the Wi-fi icon and it works for say 10 hours then it disconnects. When it first start happening I would just reboot the computer and it would work.............for a while. Then I got tired of rebooting every time it disconnected....so I started going to Device Mange, disabling the Ralink, then enabling it and it would work......for a while. Then it would stop but this time there was a yellow construction symbol. At this point I knew I would have to do the dreaded cold boot. Viola after that it acted though it was going to really work this time. Eureka. But sadly my joy ended when the [email protected]#$%^&*( disconnected again. A friend is loaning me his Wi-Fi dongle and it worked great....... for a while. So I have been doing this dance for about a month now. Oh btw an easy solution always suggested is to update drivers. I checked and my driver is up-to-date.

I had noticed the "Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter before but it would disappear as soon as I disabled and then the enabled dance. It finally dawned on me that maybe this has been my problem this whole time. So I googled this adapter and found others had the same problem. The consensus was to disable or uninstall the Virtual Adapter. Go to Device Manager and choose view option. Click the item that states show hidden devices. Wholly Moley. I had the main one and at least seven other ones listed as above with #13, #14 etc all the way up to 18. So I decided to uninstall all the # numbered ones and leave the original one and then reboot the computer. But I just knew that MS would think it would be smarter than me and reinstall the ones I deleted. After Reboot my wifi worked but I went to device manager and sure enough Windows had added two more adapters. Jimmy Crickets!!!!!

I then found a Reddit Windows 10/r and found fellow suffers. One individual also discovered that if you uninstall the main one after reboot it comes back like a big red pimple on the tip of your nose. Another individual state he had tried several things but still no luck.

So I have had good luck so far with Ten Forums. I am praying for a miracle solution that will rid me of this evilness and I can go back to like it was before NO DISCONNECTING!!!!

Windows 10 Home 64 Bit version 1909 installed 02/25/2020 OS Build 18363.720

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Wi-Fi virtual adapter

I am unable to create a wi-fi hotspot on my laptop (HP pavillion ab-032tx model) after upgrading to windows 10. I cannot find Microsoft WI-Fi direct Virtual adapter in the listed adapters (control pannel->network sharing center) . However Microsoft Wi-Fi
direct Virtual adapter and Microsoft Wi-Fi direct Virtual adapter #2 are listed in hidden drivers (device manager-> view tab, faded icons). Upon checking for hardware changes, there are no unkown devices being shown. Microsoft Wi-Fi direct Virtual adapter
#3 is also found in the view tab , but its icon is not faded. All my drivers are updated. Still i am unable to create a hotspot. Pl help me with the same.

 

Microsoft Direct Virtual Wi-Fi Adapter

How can I remove Microsoft Virtual Direct Wi Fi Adapter.

I see under device manager I see Microsoft virtual direct wi fi adapter. If I remove it, delete it , it comes back. I can only disable it.

This is what I know and I investigated to find out.

**** This is a feature which is used to create hotspot make the pc/laptop as a hotspot for other computers to connect to or covertly connect to the computer. ( my issue on my laptop ).

problem:

when I do ipconfig/all it list a Microsoft Direct virtual Wi-Fi Adapter as active. even though I never activated this, I don't even know how to activate this.

I am try to deactivate virtual adapter. I am not able to do .

I tried using netsh wlan disallow.., it doesn't work. it the virtual adapter stays activated.

I also tried network reset, no change.

I formatted hard drive and reinstalled windows. no change.

I used recovery media to wipe out hard drive and install the factory defaults. no effect.

I have windows 10 home edition. ( this windows is not even compatible with hyper-v virtual features.

I AM UNABLE TO REMOVE OR DE-ACTIVATE THIS VIRTUAL ADAPTER.

I have contacted Lenovo, they couldn't help me.

I called couple of support professional website they couldn't help they didn't know much about network/adapters.

need help!!!

 

Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter

Hi Stephan,



Thank you for your interest in windows 10.

We understand that, you face issues with Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter on Windows 10 and I'd certainly help you, to resolve the issue.

Wi-Fi network adapters that support Wi-Fi Direct (WFD) must be configured to allow the power state to be turned off by Windows. If the power state cannot be changed by Windows, the "Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter"
will not be bound to the physical interface after resume and will be removed by a timeout.

Please refer to the Microsoft article link below, to fix your issue and check, if it works.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2863207

Note: Applies to Windows 10.

Please feel free to contact us, if you face any issues with Windows.



Thank you.