Can t start hostednetwork

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When I try to run netsh wlan start hostednetwork  I get the following message   C  Windows system32 gt netsh wlan start hostednetwork The hosted network couldn t be started  The group or resource is not in the correct state to perform the requested operation    I m running this with admin privileges  so it s not the notorious  C  Users Kevin gt netsh wlan start hostednetwork You must run this command from a command prompt with administrator privilege    How do I get the hosted network  in the correct state

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The hosted network won t start if there are other active wifi adapters   Disable the others whilst you re starting the hosted network

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Some fixes I ve used for this problem    Check if the connection you want to share is shareable   a  Press Win-key   r and run ncpa cpl  b  Right click on the connection you want to share and go to properties  c  Go to sharing tab and check if sharing is enabled Run devmgmt msc from the run console   a  Expand the network adapters list  b  Right click -  properties on the adapter of the connection you want to share  c  Go to power management tab and enable allow this computer to turn off this device to save power  Restart your laptop if you ve made changes  Check if airplane mode is disabled  You can enable airplane mode and then turn on the wi-fi  you can never know  Do disable airplane mode if it is on  Use admin command prompt to run this command

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Let alone enabling the network adapter under Device Manager may not help  The following helped me resolved the issue   I tried Disabling and Enabling the Wifi Adapter  i e  the actual Wifi device adapter not the virtual adapters  in Control Panel -  Network and Internet -  Network Connections altogether worked for me  The same can be done from the Device Manager too  This surely resets the adapter settings and for the Wifi Adapter and the Virtual Miniport adapters   However  please make sure that the mode is set to allow as in the below example before you run the start command   netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode allow ssid ssidOfUrChoice key keyOfUrChoice   and after that run the command netsh wlan start hostednetwork   Also once the usage is over with the Miniport adapter connection  it is a good practice to stop it using the following command   netsh wlan stop hostednetwork   Hope it helps

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If none of the above answers worked for you  You can try the following solution which worked for me   Go to Services manager services msc  and enable the below services and try again          WLAN AutoConfig   Wi-Fi Direct Services Connection Manager Service      Hope this solved your problem

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I encountered this problem on my laptop  I found the solution for this problem    Test this command in the command prompt  netsh wlan show driver   See Hosted network supported  If it is no     Then do this   Go to device manager  Click on view and press on  show hidden devices   Go down to the list of devices and expand the node  Network Devices    Find an adapter with the name  Microsoft Hosted Network Virtual Adapter  and then right click on it  Select Enable This will enable the AdHoc created connection  it should appear in the network connections in Network and Sharing Center  if the AdHoc network connection is not appear then open elevated command prompt and apply this command  netsh wlan stop hostednetwork  without quotations  After this  the connection should appear  Then try starting your connection  It should work fine

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First off  when I went into cmd and typed  netsh wlan show drivers   I had a NO for hosted network support too  Doesn t matter  you can still do it  Just not in cmd   I think this problem happens because they changed the way hosted networks work in windows 10  Don t use command line    Just go on your pc to settings Network Mobile Hotspot and you should see all the necessary settings there  Turn it on  set up your network   If it s still not working  go to Control panel Network and Internet Network and Sharing Center Change Adapter Options  and then click on the properties of the network adapter that you want to share  Go to the sharing tab  and share that internet connection  selecting the name of the adapter you want to use to share it with

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Often  I ve found that the solution to this problem can be fixed by disabling and then enabling the Wifi hardware  I ve made a script to do this automatically instead of doing it manually by going to the device manager  You can find it here

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This happen after you disable via Control Panel -  network adapters -  right click button on the virtual connection -  disable  To fix that go to Device Manager  Windows-key    x   m on windows 8  Windows-key    x  then m on windows 10   then open the network adapters tree   right click button on Microsoft Hosted  Network Virtual Adapter and click on enable   Try now with the command netsh wlan start hostednetwork with admin privileges  It should work   Note  If you don t see the network adapter with name  Microsoft Hosted  Network Virtual Adapter  try on menu -  view -  show hidden devices in the Device  Manager window

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Symptoms   You install an application that uses Microsoft Virtual WiFi technology on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2  However  the application does not work after the computer restarts  Additionally  you receive an error message that resembles the following        The hosted network couldn t be started  The group or resource is not in the correct state to     perform the requested operation       Cause    This issue occurs because the Virtual Wi-Fi filter driver does not create the Virtual Wi-Fi Adapter correctly when a PNP resource rebalance occurs during the startup process       Notes       1 This issue may occur when a Plug and Play  PNP  resource rebalance occurs during the startup process  The PNP resource rebalance is usually triggered by a change to the hardware configuration        2 If you open Device Manager when this issue occurs  you notice that the Virtual WiFi Adapter is not created    If you can t restart your hostednetwork after rebooting the OS  just Try this hotfix  It fixed my problem    Or try to figure it out by yourself according to the Symptoms and Cause mentioned at the start of my answer

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First check if your wlan card support hosted network and if no update the card driver  Follow this steps  1  open cmd with administrative rights 2  on the black screen type  netsh wlan show driver   findstr Hosted 3  See Hosted network supported  if No then update drivers

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