Cause: Required system files (rndismp.sys, usb8023.sys) are missing or mismatched.
Fix: Copy these files from C:\Windows\System32\drivers of a Windows XP VM into your Windows 10 SysWOW64\drivers (if 32-bit compatibility mode) or the main driver store.
When Windows 10 launched, tetherxp.inf was still present in the driver store (C:\Windows\Inf\tetherxp.inf). However, Microsoft made three significant changes:
Result: Many users found that USB tethering from Android phones (which still fall back to RNDIS when MBIM fails) either: microsoft driver tetherxp.inf windows 10
Windows 10 does NOT natively support tetherxp.inf. The driver model changed significantly after Windows 7. If you try to force-install this driver on Windows 10 (e.g., by pointing Device Manager to it), you will likely see:
Why?
tetherxp.inf contains hardware IDs and setup instructions designed for the Windows XP kernel architecture (NT 5.x). Windows 10 (NT 10.0) rejects drivers that aren't digitally signed for its platform or that use deprecated methods. Cause: Required system files ( rndismp
Cause: This indicates a resource conflict or a corrupted driver cache.
Fix:
Installing tetherxp.inf on Windows 10 is not recommended by Microsoft for these reasons:
If you must use it: Isolate the machine from the internet, disable automatic updates (to prevent driver overwrite), and never expose the tethered connection to untrusted networks. Result: Many users found that USB tethering from
