Force Win 8 to use wired connection

Hi Folks,
I'm running Win8 on an Acer Desktop. I have cable internet from Comcast, with the modem running thru a router, then to the pc.
I want to be able to use the wired connection for the desktop access to the internet, and use the wireless ONLY for the other devices in the house, i.e., laptop in another room, blu-ray player, printer. However, no matter what I do, the desktop uses
the [much slower!] wireless connection, rather than the wired one.
I've hunted on the net for a solution, but nothing I've found works. Anyone have a solution?
Thanks.

Thanks for the suggestions. Unhappily, when I open Network Connections and Advanced Settings, the first item shown in your screen shot, "vEthernet (VNIC)," is not there. The other three are shown, just as in your screen shot, but vEthernet (VNIC)
is absent.
I bypassed the router and connected directly to the pc from the modem, and my speeds are 3 or 4 times faster. Of course, I then no longer have wireless connections for my other devices.
While I had the pc directly connected to the modem, I checked the Network Connections again, but "vEthernet (VNIC) was still not on the list.
Any ideas? I'd really like to make this work, and I can't understand why the pc, having a wired connection, insists on connecting wirelessly.

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