But then he noticed something else. Under Network Adapters , a second new item appeared: Remote NDIS based Internet Sharing Device. And this one had no yellow triangle. Windows had a built-in, generic driver for USB tethering. It was ancient, clunky, and slow, but it was there.
He couldn’t just plug the iPhone into the dead PC. Windows would want drivers for the iPhone itself (another circular nightmare). But he had a workaround: AirDrop to his work MacBook Pro, which was currently running Windows via Boot Camp? No—too complicated.
“Network driver. Corrupted.”
He right-clicked, uninstalled the driver, and told Windows to scan for hardware changes. Windows cheerfully reinstalled the same broken driver . It was a digital version of a broken record. The problem was clear: the driver was corrupted. The solution was equally clear: download a fresh copy of the driver from the manufacturer’s website.
