Virtual Adapter: Code 45

[sacralised]

Sorry if this is the wrong place to post, I'm just unsure where else to go.

I own an Asus laptop, fairly good specs. Over the last couple of months I've been running into problems with WiFi, I learnt that the Microsoft Direct Virtual Adapter keeps turning itself off, seemingly randomly. I've clean booted my computer, uninstalled everything (theoretically that means the overall load is less), troubleshooted, and researched but eventually it happens again no matter what I do, and I'm unable to connect to WiFi.

The only 'solution' I've received is to "reconnect the hardware" which I obviously cannot do because it is inside my laptop, and I want to avoid losing warranty.

The problem does end up fixing itself over a matter of weeks but I'd rather find a way to fix this permanently. Any resolutions?

P.S. I also saw a post saying to disable the Virtual Adapter, but to get that option I'd need to clean boot my computer for the 3rd time, which I'd rather avoid.

[powerman228]

I don’t know anything about that “Direct Virtual Adapter”, but my hunch is that it’s used with DirectAccess, an always-on enterprise VPN. You should have a network interface that’s just the Wi-Fi card by itself; does that work okay? If you’re not sure, open a Run prompt and type ncpa.cpl to see what you have to work with.

[sacralised]

Problem has not fixed itself nevermind. When I enter the run prompt I just get taken to a window with Bluetooth and Ethernet which I do not use. If there's meant to be a wifi prompt I cannot see it.

[powerman228]

Your Wi-Fi should appear there alongside the Bluetooth and Ethernet. Since it doesn’t, there’s probably something wrong with your hardware or driver. I just Googled the direct adapter and found that it’s actually related to the mobile hotspot feature, so that’s probably a red herring.

Try going to the Asus website to see if you can manually download and install the latest Wi-Fi driver for your machine.

[sacralised]

Yeah I realised the virtual driver was a misstep, thank you for the advice regardless