Here's the why: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000023257/network-and-i-o/wireless.html

Here's the how: https://github.com/govert/WiFiDirectLegacyAPDemo

Works perfectly without using an actual data connection and latency is near zero



The only other way I found besides this was to install Win 8 drivers but if you have hardware that was recently released it's a whole lot of trial and error without writing your own driver.

 

Thnx, Jesse!
PS I'm glad that you survived after those crazy "mr. White"-years!!!