When Will Microsoft Fix The Problem With Hosted Networking on a Surface Pro 3?

Surface Pro 3 512GB
Windows 8.1 with all patches.
The following is from this thread:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-networking/netsh-wlan-start-hostednetwork-not-working-on/f414cea9-c110-483c-a3a2-840a4ce317e2?rtAction=1423330004507
A Microsoft member said it would be better to raise it in technet.
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=test key=12345678
The hosted network mode has been set to allow.
The SSID of the hosted network has been successfully changed.
The user key passphrase of the hosted network has been successfully changed.
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
The hosted network couldn't be started.
A device attached to the system is not functioning
One of the comments in the thread said:
"I have the same issue on a Surface pro 3.
It is related to the fact that they removed VAP support from the wifi driver."
Now a new wifi driver was included with the latest firmware update (01/15/2015) but it did not fix the problem.
I
Please note this is a Surface Pro 3 problem as it works on a Surface Pro 2 running Windows 8.1.
This problem has been reported to Microsoft by me and I was told "the developers are working on it."  That was six months ago.  I see posts going back a year saying the problem was reported to Microsoft Support.
When will this be fixed?

On Sat, 7 Feb 2015 18:06:38 +0000, saberman_Plus_1 wrote:
>This problem has been reported to Microsoft by me and I was told "the developers are working on it."  That was six months ago.  I see posts going back a year saying the problem was reported to Microsoft Support.
Do you have a case number? From
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/forum/surfpro2-surfnetwork/how-do-i-get-the-wireless-hosted-network-feature/03657fe5-b8c1-48c5-940a-ae3e13ffe25f
you've had a couple of contacts with support.
If you provide case numbers, it would be helpful in escalating further. And more
specifically, it might help someone from Microsoft determine IF the issue has
been escalated. While Microsoft has been doing work on the wifi driver for
nearly the entire time since the SP3 was released, there is no information
anywhere as to whether this bug is known or not.
As you also know, I sent it in to the"right" people inside Microsoft and as you
also know, I did not get a response. (I'm an end user just like you even though
I'm a Community Moderator on the Surface Forum in Communities).
-- Barb Bowman

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