How to Connect Windows 8 or 8.1 Compuer to Internet by USB Tethering Android Phone

Let me tell you first that USB tethering is the process of sharing the internet connection of your Android phone with your PC or laptop through USB connection. In Windows 7, Windows Vista and Linux, USB tethering works so easily that we just have to enable packet data, connect phone through USB and enable 'USB tethering' in Settings. Above mentioned operating systems automatically install the required drivers. And within few minutes, the system will connect to Internet through your USB connected Android phone. But it is not that much easy in Windows 8 or Windows 8.1. We have to manually install the driver for the Android device to enable USB tethering. In this post, I will show you how to enable USB tethering in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1.



1. First of All, enable packet data in your Android phone which you internet connection with it.

Enable packet data on your Android phone

2. Connect your Phone with PC or Laptop using USB cable.

3. Enable 'USB tethering' in the Phone.

     Goto settings and find the option 'USB tethering' and check (mark with tick) it. This option may be placed in different places in diffrerent phones.

4. In your computer, just right click on My Computer and select 'Manage'. Under 'System Tools', select 'Device Manager'.

Open Device manager

5. Find your Android phone device in the list of devices. It may be under 'Other devices'. It will have a warning symbol with it.

In my case, it is a SAMSUNG phone. So you can see 'SAMSUNG_Android' in 'other devices' in above screen-shot.

6. Right click on that device and select 'Update Driver software'.

A window will appear as shown in following screenshot.

7. Select 'Browse My Computer for Driver software'.

8. Click the option 'Let me choose from a list of device drivers on my computer'.

9. In the next coming screen, select 'Network Adapters' as type of device and click 'Next'

10. In the coming screen, Select 'Microsoft' as Manufacturer and 'Remote NDIS based internet sharing device' as network adapter and click 'Next'.

11. Click 'Yes' in the warning dialogue box that will appear.

Select yes

12. Installation of driver will be completed within a few moments. After installation id over, close all windows. Your Windows 8 or 8.1 Personal Computer or laptop will connect to Internet within few minutes automatically. If it is not connected, just disconnect the phone and reconnect. And enable 'USB tethering' in phone settings. Wait a few minutes. Your computer will connect to Internet.

The following video will help you to understand it better.