Start, control panel, device manager. Click on Network and then right click on your network adapter, left click properties, power management. Uncheck the box, allow computer to turn off this device to save power. DO NOT UNCHECK THE BOX, ALLOW THE COMPUTER TO TURN OFF THIS DEVICE TO SAVE POWER FOR THE MICROSOFT VIRTUAL WIFI MINI-PORT ADAPTER OR Set Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter #1 and #2 to just disabled in Device Manager instead of uninstalling. This resulted in Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter #3 and #4 being created instead. Set settings > system > about > system protection > hardware > device installation settings > switched to No and saved changes. Try this. Once it worked for me in Windows 10. Go to Device Manager. Go to Properties of Wi-Fi Adapter. On Properties dialog box, Click on Advanced option tab at the top. Inside the Property list, click on HT mode. Then set the box below the Value to Enabled. Click the OK button. After that check the hosted network mode by cmd command. I understand you are having trouble with the connection. Follow the steps below. 1. Press Windows key + X, and select CMD in Admin. 2. type these commands one by one, and hit enter every after the line command: ipconfig /release. ipconfig /all. ipconfig /flushdns. device manager > View > View all devices (or something like that, got the German version)Now you remove all the stuff from: miracast devices and network adapters. Then you reset the MWDA, restart everything and you should be able to connect again. Thank you so much for taking the time to try and solve my MWDA problem. Wi-Fi Direct is a connection that allows for device-to-device communication, linking devices together without a nearby centralized network. One device acts as an access point, and the other device As the name goes, the Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter helps make your PC a wireless hotspot. With this, other computers can connect to your PC to access the internet. It does this by virtualizing your wireless network adapter. With this, your single physical wireless adapter will be converted to two virtual ones. Download the Qualcomm Wi-fi adapter drivers to your preferred folder: Driver Note We recommend downloading them to your Documents folder. Open File Explorer . If there is no file explorer icon in the task bar, select the search box and enter file explorer and select it. These are required to get the full functionality of the wireless virtual adapter. Here's how: Click Start. Click Control Panel. Select System and Security. Under System, click Device Manager. Look for Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter and double-click it. Under Driver tab, click Update Driver, follow the instructions prompted, and restart ipconfig /flushdns. Run this command as admin -. netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=”name of your network” key=”Password”. Then type the following command to start broadcasting: netsh wlan start hostednetwork. 33 people found this reply helpful. dIehd5.