If you have a reasonably new laptop with an Intel WiFi chipset then I have some good news. A set of new Intel WiFi drivers made available just a couple weeks ago. VistatypePWindows7 1. Latest Intel drivers add Windows 7 Virtual Wi. Fi support. If you have a reasonably new laptop with an Intel Wi. Fi chipset then I have some good news. A set of new Intel Wi. Intel Wimax Wifi Link 5150 Driver Windows 8' title='Intel Wimax Wifi Link 5150 Driver Windows 8' />Fi drivers made available just a couple weeks ago, version 1. Starbucks Logo Font here. Virtual Wi. Fi technology in Windows 7. After downloading and installing the drivers 3. Wi. Fi chipset supports the functionality which I can verify the 5. Wireless Network Connection with the adapter name Microsoft Virtual Wi. Fi Miniport will automatically appear in your network connections. Datawedge Mc9190 Rfid there. Recently, the internet has been abuzz with a new software called Connectify which interacts with this Windows 7 Virtual Wi. Fi technology, but it appears their intention is to sell this application once its finalized. Personally I find it ludicrous that someone would charge for what is essential a wrapper to some functionality already baked into Windows. To set up and use Virtual Wi. Fi in Windows 7, without paying a buck, just follow these three simple steps Open an elevated command line with administrative privileges and type netsh wlan set hostednetwork modeallow ssidTest keypasswordreplacing the name and password with your own preference. Start the adapter by netsh wlan start hostednetwork. Share an existing connection to it by going to the Properties of a connection, selecting the Sharing tab and enabling ICS and choosing the corresponding Virtual Wi. Fi adapter. Of course this functionality isnt that useful day to day, but a powerful usage scenario for this internet sharing functionality via Virtual Wi. Fi will be when youre at an airport or hotel which limits your connection to a single wireless adapter. Not only would this save you playing switcheroo with the hotspot, but it might also save you paying for multiple connections if youre traveling with somebody else.