[FIX] USB Tethering lags/freezes on windows 8.1

[mpjoe2000]

Everytime i tried to use USB Tethering with my Xperia U on my Windows 8.1 (Bing's single language Edition [Genuine Licence]) have always lags or even freeze the taskbar and some other tool settings on my operating system. After some testing and googling a little bit i found a solution for this Microsoft Issue: Update your NDIS 5 Driver to NDIS 6.x.

Verify if your device is using RNDIS 5 driver (1):

• Open Device Manager from Control Panel and expand “Network Adapters.”
• Plug in your device and enable USB Tethering so that the device is detected as Remote NDIS based device.
• This should now create a Network Adapter named as “ [Your Device Name] Remote NDIS based [internet Sharing/network] Device.”
• Right-click the Adapter and select Properties.
• Select the Driver tab and then click Driver Details.
• You can see the driver files if the files are named usb8023x.sys and rndismpx.sys you are using RNDIS 5 Driver.

Updating your driver:

• Option 1: Update your driver NDIS driver manually by selecting the driver's list option on windows wizard driver's update. Unselect show all compatible hardware option, you will get a Microsoft's driver list. You should seek for a RNDIS 6 USB device and click next. This should work on 32bits or 64bits edition.
• Option 2 (64 bits only)(2): Just Download and update your NDIS driver from the attachment below. On Driver's Wizard installation must go through selecting the driver from a list.

Sources:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2923775 (1)
http://www.driverscape.com/download/remote-ndis-compatible-device (2)
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/dn449742%28v=vs.85%29.aspx. Microsoft says NDIS 6.4 is included on Windows 8.1, don't know why windows chooses RNDIS 5 over RNDIS 6 on my laptop.

 

[MHP2013]

Thanks for your great tutorial. I tried updating the drivers but stupid windows doesn't let me do it. If I try the first method to install and click the "RNDIS 6 Adapter" drivers in the "Microsoft" list, it shows an error that some "required line in the INF file could not be found" (translated from german).

Then if I try the manual method (downloading the zip), windows refuses to install and says "the latest drivers is already installed" (translated).

I also tried uninstalling the drivers but as soon as I plug in the device it installs the wrong drivers again manually. I cannot stop this also because of the extremely lag in the taskbar...

Thanks windows!

regards

 

[mpjoe2000]

Thanks for your great tutorial. I tried updating the drivers but stupid windows doesn't let me do it. If I try the first method to install and click the "RNDIS 6 Adapter" drivers in the "Microsoft" list, it shows an error that some "required line in the INF file could not be found" (translated from german).

Then if I try the manual method (downloading the zip), windows refuses to install and says "the latest drivers is already installed" (translated).

I also tried uninstalling the drivers but as soon as I plug in the device it installs the wrong drivers again manually. I cannot stop this also because of the extremely lag in the taskbar...

Thanks windows!

regards

Try this before installing the NDIS 6 driver:
http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2165451/dont-windows-windows-automatically-download-device-drivers-icons.html

If above didn't work try to disable driver signature verification:
http://www.howtogeek.com/167723/how-to-disable-driver-signature-verification-on-64-bit-windows-8.1-so-that-you-can-install-unsigned-drivers/

 

[BRiANj64]

Perfect, Thanks for this fix! Didn't need the driver as RNDIS6 driver is already included in Windows 8.1

NDIS Compatible works without huge driver lockups, but RNDIS6 USB Adapter also works like a charm. (Nexus 5)

 

[AMKhatri]

Facing the same problem, here.

Tried both options, still facing the same problem..

Any ideas?

 

[SomeDooD123]

I am having the same issue in Windows 10 64-Bit.

 

[Ano59]

Got this issue after upgrading Windows 10 (I was already on 10). This solved the problem perfectly. Thanks for fixing yet another fail from Microsoft.

 

[DubleJayJ]

Got this issue after upgrading Windows 10 (I was already on 10). This solved the problem perfectly. Thanks for fixing yet another fail from Microsoft.

I keep trying to update it on Windows 10 but it keeps telling me it's the most up to date driver(it definitely isn't). How did you go about doing it?

 

[Ano59]

I keep trying to update it on Windows 10 but it keeps telling me it's the most up to date driver(it definitely isn't). How did you go about doing it?

As OP said, manually select the proper driver.

 

[inkaine]

Windows 10 best solution: rename the RNDIS5 .inf file

The issue drove me nuts on Windows 10 as well. Selecting another driver as suggested did not work for me as well, since Windows kept jumping back to the RNDIS5 driver all the time.

But I found the solution: Just rename the .inf-file containing the RNDIS5 driver. That way Windows will automatically use the RNDIS6 driver.

1. Go to C:\Windows\INF folder
2. Find file wceisvista.inf
3. Take ownership of that file and grant yourself permissions
4. Rename the file extension to anything but .inf (for me I used .in_)
5. Enjoy the RNDIS6 driver

 

[liott]

Something is not logical in this tutorial :
The content of the inf file in the attachment is rndiscmp.inf; but this file is already in Win8.1 system (C:\Windows\Inf). Hash are similar

This could explain why windows refuses to install it again and says "the last drivers is already installed"
Renaming extension of wceisvista.inf doesn't work for me in Win 8.1

Maybe you could tell us the name of driver files when using RNDIS 6 Driver ...

 

[allquixotic]

This thread is also important for resolving playability issues with the game XCOM 2, so thank you very much for the fix to a problem completely unrelated to Android You guys are awesome!

 

[fifthelement]

Thanks, worked for my Galaxy S6.

 

[matbarni]

You can use one of the below drivers from that list. One of them may work, try them all:
USB RNDIS Adapter
USB RNDIS6 Adapter
Remote NDIS based Internet Sharing Device
Remote NDIS Compatible Device > this was the one that worked for me

 

[buntoo]

The issue drove me nuts on Windows 10 as well. Selecting another driver as suggested did not work for me as well, since Windows kept jumping back to the RNDIS5 driver all the time.

But I found the solution: Just rename the .inf-file containing the RNDIS5 driver. That way Windows will automatically use the RNDIS6 driver.

1. Go to C:\Windows\INF folder
2. Find file wceisvista.inf
3. Take ownership of that file and grant yourself permissions
4. Rename the file extension to anything but .inf (for me I used .in_)
5. Enjoy the RNDIS6 driver

Thank You :good:

 

[Herk718]

Thx! Worked!! Windows 10 64 bit.

 

[Raziorx]

Hi guys, i get some issues here where it looks like i have only NDIS 5 on my windows 10.
I tried manually select driver, but i can only see this one : Remote NDIS based Internet Sharing Device

i tried inkaine's method, usb8023x.sys is still there but rndismpx.sys is missing. So i think i'm still using this annoying NDIS 5.

I don't understand why it's so hard to update this driver.. :silly:

 

[dave.sohan]

The issue drove me nuts on Windows 10 as well. Selecting another driver as suggested did not work for me as well, since Windows kept jumping back to the RNDIS5 driver all the time.

But I found the solution: Just rename the .inf-file containing the RNDIS5 driver. That way Windows will automatically use the RNDIS6 driver.

1. Go to C:\Windows\INF folder
2. Find file wceisvista.inf
3. Take ownership of that file and grant yourself permissions
4. Rename the file extension to anything but .inf (for me I used .in_)
5. Enjoy the RNDIS6 driver

Thank you so much. This issue has been bothering me for years and your solution along with OP's solution helped me. Thanks

 

[greyboss88]

Hey ive been having this issue for a while now and im using a htc one m8 to tether with but for me it wont let me manually update the drivers or modify the wceisvista.inf im using windows 10 pro as well.

 

[dsouza.wilbur]

Windows 10 fix - Worked for me

Hello all,
None of the steps worked for me, however i followed one more set on steps that i found on the net (unable to post links yet )
anyways, the steps are
Open Device Manager (right click on Computer > Manage > on the left side, under System Tools choose Device Manager)
Choose the problematic device in Network Adapters (for me it's called HTC Remote NDIS based device)
Right click on it and choose Update Driver Software...
Click Browse my computer for driver software
Click Let me pick from a list of device drivers
Uncheck the box Show compatible hardware
For the manufacturer, choose Microsoft Corporation
Now you will have two options:
Remote NDIS based Internet Sharing Device
Remote NDIS Compatible Device
I chose the second one and it solved the problem, but if it doesn't work you could try the other one. In my case, the driver that was being used was neither of these, but a special driver from Android SDK ADT bundle.
Pick one and click Next.
If a dialog comes up, confirm by clicking Yes.
Wait a few seconds for the connection to restart. If it doesn't work, try disabling and reenabling USB tethering on the phone, or reconnect the USB cable.

PS: Microsoft Corporation or Microsoft Inc. or Microsoft might be present in manufacturer. search among the three