Windows 7 Starter comes with hidden wireless connection sharing

Courtesy Engadget  Mon, 12/07/2009 - 04:04

Ah, the blessings of market fragmentation.

If you thought that, in its efforts to differentiate the Starter Edition from its beefier Windows 7 offerings, Microsoft chopped off the ability to share wireless connections between compatible devices, we've got good news: it didn't.

Turns out that ad-hoc networking is very much a part of Windows 7 Cheap Edition, and the only thing missing from it is the dialog you see above.

Thrifty Edition owners will have to find...

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