Accidentally uninstalled Microsoft virtual network adapter

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lunaticfiend

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I have been getting this error while trying to start a hosted network - "The hosted network couldn't be started.
The group or resource is not in the correct state to perform the requested operation."

Going through forums, some of them suggested me to disable and renable the "Microsoft Virtual Network Adapter" from the device manager. Unfortunately, doing so didn't solve my problem. Then I uninstalled the driver, hoping I could reinstall it again, but to my surprise, I'm unable to find the driver to reinstall. So I'm stuck here

Kindly help me!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Alienware 15
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4710HQ CPU @ 2.50GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.5GHz
    Memory
    8192MB RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GTX970M
Did you try a restore point?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Linux Mint 17.2
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba Satellite C850D-st3nx1
    CPU
    AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon (tm) HD Graphics 1.40 GHZ
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    12GB
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    Realtek HD
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broe23 said:
Did you try a restore point?
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No, I haven't created any restore points(unless windows does it automatically :S)

Is reinstalling the windows the only solution?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Alienware 15
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4710HQ CPU @ 2.50GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.5GHz
    Memory
    8192MB RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GTX970M
System Restore is your best bet. Windows and some software apps create system restore points. So check.

When Windows detects plug and play h/w, it attempts to reinstall the driver. "Virtual" devices are software devices (not real). Virtual devices and legacy non-plug and play h/w don't get reinstalled on their own.

But if sys restore doesn't work, i have an idea we can try... Though even if it installs the virtual device - you may still be back to original problem
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1
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