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"I believe it's safe to assume this is an unintentional screw up. Rivera expects that Microsoft will close the loophole in a future update, hotfix or service pack. "To access the wizard that this link normally points to, simply Start Menu search for 'adhoc'."īy searching for "adhoc" in Starter, then launching the executable, netbook users can create an on-the-fly connection for sharing an Internet connection. you're not licensed to use the shortcut in this dialog ," Rivera wrote in this blog. "You're licensed to use ad hoc networking. In an interview conducted via instant messaging today, Rivera confirmed that ad hoc networking is part of Windows 7 Starter. Last week, however, it postponed the re-release, saying it needed more time to test the revamped WDUT. After Rivera disclosed the code appropriation, Microsoft yanked WUDT and then later announced it would re-release the tool as open-source. Rivera, who regularly roots out under-the-cover facts about Microsoft and Windows, most recently made news when he took Microsoft to task for lifting code from an open-source project for the company's Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool (WUDT).

"On Windows 7 Starter Edition, the 'Set up a wireless ad hoc network' link in the dialog is missing," said Rivera in an entry on his Within Windows blog yesterday.