"Pavel A." <pave***@NOfastmailNO.fm> wrote in message
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> Mark H wrote:
> > Seems Win 7 has installed a "Virtual WiFi adapter" via WiFi Miniport
> > Driver.
> > Since this functionality is not supported by any network adapter drivers
> > I have, is it safe to disable this feature to find out if it is the
> > cause for my Wireless Adapter (USB) randomly dropping out?
> >
>
> Does your adapter work in Vista SP2?
>
> --pa

> My Linksys Dual-band Wireless USB adapter works fine in Vista, SP1, SP2, XP,
> but crashes the OS when Win 7 attempts to reset it after it randomly drops
> out. The errors typically point to inability to recover from sleep mode (but
> the computer wasn't asleep.)
>
> The PCI card (Wireless-N, nearly same model) works fine.
>
> When I dual NIC'd the computer using both the PCI and USB devices
> simultaneously, this Virtual Miniport Driver showed up in Device Manager.
> The USB device continues to fail, so I removed it, but the Virtual Miniport
> is still present. There are also several other "Hidden" Miniport drivers
> that apparently don't really do anything other than confuse me as to what
> may be momentarily running to kill the USB device.
>
> So, I wanted to remove the virtual networking aspects to see if they were
> part of the problem with the USB device.
>
>
> "Pavel A." <pave***@NOfastmailNO.fm> wrote in message
> news:O4zWZYa%23JHA.4648@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Mark H wrote:
>>> Seems Win 7 has installed a "Virtual WiFi adapter" via WiFi Miniport
>>> Driver.
>>> Since this functionality is not supported by any network adapter drivers
>>> I have, is it safe to disable this feature to find out if it is the
>>> cause for my Wireless Adapter (USB) randomly dropping out?
>>>
>> Does your adapter work in Vista SP2?
>>
>> --pa
>
>

"Pavel A." <pave***@NOfastmailNO.fm> wrote in message
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> Have you tried to bridge the USB and PCI cards?
> Then the "Virtual Miniport" could be the bridge driver.
>
> --pa
>
>
> Mark H wrote:
> > My Linksys Dual-band Wireless USB adapter works fine in Vista, SP1, SP2,
XP,
> > but crashes the OS when Win 7 attempts to reset it after it randomly
drops
> > out. The errors typically point to inability to recover from sleep mode
(but
> > the computer wasn't asleep.)
> >
> > The PCI card (Wireless-N, nearly same model) works fine.
> >
> > When I dual NIC'd the computer using both the PCI and USB devices
> > simultaneously, this Virtual Miniport Driver showed up in Device
Manager.
> > The USB device continues to fail, so I removed it, but the Virtual
Miniport
> > is still present. There are also several other "Hidden" Miniport drivers
> > that apparently don't really do anything other than confuse me as to
what
> > may be momentarily running to kill the USB device.
> >
> > So, I wanted to remove the virtual networking aspects to see if they
were
> > part of the problem with the USB device.
> >
> >
> > "Pavel A." <pave***@NOfastmailNO.fm> wrote in message
> > news:O4zWZYa%23JHA.4648@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >> Mark H wrote:
> >>> Seems Win 7 has installed a "Virtual WiFi adapter" via WiFi Miniport
> >>> Driver.
> >>> Since this functionality is not supported by any network adapter
drivers
> >>> I have, is it safe to disable this feature to find out if it is the
> >>> cause for my Wireless Adapter (USB) randomly dropping out?
> >>>
> >> Does your adapter work in Vista SP2?
> >>
> >> --pa
> >
> >

"Mark H" <jmhonz***@suminet.net> wrote in message
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> Seems Win 7 has installed a "Virtual WiFi adapter" via WiFi Miniport
> Driver.
> Since this functionality is not supported by any network adapter drivers I
> have, is it safe to disable this feature to find out if it is the cause
> for my Wireless Adapter (USB) randomly dropping out?
>
> Thanks

"Jack-MVP" <j***@discussgroups.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
> If you look at the Device Manger under Network Adaptors and pull down
> "View/ Show Hidden Devices" you would see many such entries.
> Those are Entries in the Registry and they should Not effect functional
> Wireless working.
> Contact Linksys' support and ask them if they are aware of incompatibility
> with Win7.
> Every time a new OS is on the horizon some vendors prepare themselves
> ahead, others procrastinate past the last moment.
> Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)
>
> "Mark H" <jmhonz***@suminet.net> wrote in message
> news:DB8583B7-9919-4EBD-9BCA-F3E66843BC7C@microsoft.com...
>> Seems Win 7 has installed a "Virtual WiFi adapter" via WiFi Miniport
>> Driver.
>> Since this functionality is not supported by any network adapter drivers
>> I have, is it safe to disable this feature to find out if it is the cause
>> for my Wireless Adapter (USB) randomly dropping out?
>>
>> Thanks
>