How can I disable Windows 7's default WiFi drivers?

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I recently installed a Netgear N600 WiFi adapter on my Windows 7 HP Desktop Computer. This adapter comes with its own drivers and a utility program for managing the adapter. I want to only use Netgear's program and disable the the Windows 7 default utility program (similar to XP's Wifi Zero). I tried ending the processes related to Windows 7's WiFi services, but the processes keep spawning back.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 01 '12 at 13:04

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Click Start, type Device Manager in the Start search box and hit Enter.
Locate Network adapters and expand it.
Select the wireless connection, right-click and select Properties.
Go to the Driver tab and click Uninstall.

answered Aug 01 '12 at 13:04

amiregelz

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 01 '12 at 14:54

I see that you don't want Windows 7 to manage your Netgear wireless adapter but rather want the Netgear's utility to manage it.

The wireless adapter in Windows 7 is managed by the service WLAN Auto Config service (wlansvc). You can tell Windows 7 to not to manage this by running the command:

 netsh wlan set autoconfig enabled=no interface=<wireless-intf-name>

where '' is name of the wireless connection; in most computers this usually named as 'Wireless Network Connection'. This command tells Windows 7 not to manage your wireless adapter.

How can I disable Windows 7's default WiFi drivers?

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