title: Enabling/Disabling Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport
body: <p>I disabled my <code>Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport</code> network adapter from <code>Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections</code>. </p>
  
  <p>Just right clicked on the miniport nic and clicked disable, and its gone. Now how could I enable it?
  After disabling the nic, <code>netsh wlan start hostednetwork</code> is not working any more. The response is,</p>
  
  <p><code>The hosted network couldn't be started.
  The group or resource is not in the correct state to perform the requested operation.</code></p>
  
  <p>It was working flawlessly, before I disabled the adapter,
  Anyway, for reference here is the output of 
  <code>netsh wlan show drivers,</code></p>
  
  <p><code>Interface name: Wi-Fi</code></p>
  
  <pre><code>Driver                    : Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter
  Vendor                    : Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc.
  Provider                  : Microsoft
  Date                      : 7/3/2012
  Version                   : 3.0.0.130
  INF file                  : C:\Windows\INF\netathrx.inf
  Files                     : 2 total
                              C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\athrx.sys
                              C:\Windows\system32\drivers\vwifibus.sys
  Type                      : Native Wi-Fi Driver
  Radio types supported     : 802.11b 802.11g 802.11n
  FIPS 140-2 mode supported : Yes
  802.11w Management Frame Protection supported : Yes
  Hosted network supported  : Yes
  Authentication and cipher supported in infrastructure mode:
                              Open            None
                              Open            WEP-40bit
                              Open            WEP-104bit
                              Open            WEP
                              WPA-Enterprise  TKIP
                              WPA-Personal    TKIP
                              WPA2-Enterprise TKIP
                              WPA2-Personal   TKIP
                              Vendor defined  TKIP
                              WPA2-Enterprise Vendor defined
                              Vendor defined  Vendor defined
                              WPA-Enterprise  CCMP
                              WPA-Personal    CCMP
                              WPA2-Enterprise CCMP
                              Vendor defined  CCMP
                              WPA2-Enterprise Vendor defined
                              Vendor defined  Vendor defined
                              WPA2-Personal   CCMP
                              Vendor defined  Vendor defined
  Authentication and cipher supported in ad-hoc mode:
                              Open            None
                              Open            WEP-40bit
                              Open            WEP-104bit
                              Open            WEP
                              WPA2-Personal   CCMP
                              Vendor defined  Vendor defined
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><code>netsh wlan show hostednetwork,</code></p>
  
  <h2>Hosted network settings</h2>
  
  <pre><code>Mode                   : Allowed
  SSID name              : "aczire"
  Max number of clients  : 100
  Authentication         : WPA2-Personal
  Cipher                 : CCMP
  </code></pre>
  
  <h2>Hosted network status</h2>
  
  <pre><code>Status                 : Not available
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>After executing,</p>
  
  <p><code>netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow</code></p>
  
  <p><code>The hosted network mode has been set to allow.</code></p>
  
  <p>But again in,</p>
  
  <p><code>netsh wlan show hostednetwork</code></p>
  
  <h2>Hosted network settings</h2>
  
  <pre><code>Mode                   : Allowed
  SSID name              : "aczire"
  Max number of clients  : 100
  Authentication         : WPA2-Personal
  Cipher                 : CCMP
  </code></pre>
  
  <h2>Hosted network status</h2>
  
  <pre><code>Status                 : Not available
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><code>netsh wlan show settings</code></p>
  
  <h2>Wireless LAN settings</h2>
  
  <pre><code>Show blocked networks in visible network list: No
  Only use GP profiles on GP-configured networks: No
  Hosted network mode allowed in WLAN service: Yes
  Allow shared user credentials for network authentication: Yes
  Block period: Not Configured.
  Auto configuration logic is enabled on interface "Wi-Fi"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any idea how to re-enable the Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport adapter (in Windows 8 Pro RTM)? 
  I'm at my wits end, Please help :(</p>