Wireless hot spot protection

05.01.2007

5. Select your current network connection.

6. Click Properties, then click the Association tab.

7. Uncheck the box next to "This is a computer-to-computer (ad hoc) network."

8. Click OK, and keep clicking OK until the dialog boxes disappear.

In Windows Vista, there's no need to do this, because you have to take manual steps in order to connect to an ad hoc network; there's no setting to leave it turned on by default.