I don’t think it is relevant for this setup, but I have downloaded and installed the latest update for HTC Hero which is ROM Upgrade for HTC Hero_2.73.405.5.

I have also installed the HTC Sync software on my Windows 7 laptop (update: now also working on my desktop Windows 7 64-bit machine).

My current 3G subscription is from Telenor (Sweden).

Everything works fine on my phone when connecting over the 3G network.

So, in order to set this up I connect the usb cable to the laptop and then I turn on the following checkbox setting in Android:

• Settings
• Wireless controls
• Mobile network sharing

Windows immediately recognizes a new usb device and starts to install it but fails with “No drivers for device Android Phone”. What a bummer!

Trying to find an updated driver automatically also failed. So I started searching for driver files but soon realized that there is actually a folder on disk after the HTC Sync installation that is called “Driver Files”. It is located here on my machine:

C:\Program Files\HTC\HTC Driver\Driver Files\Vista_x86

So I chose to manually browse for drivers instead, and directed the Windows dialog to this path and what do you think? It worked!

Update: if you can’t find the mentioned files, I’ve zipped them together here (both 32-bit and 64-bit versions, should work on both Vista and Windows 7).

Simple, but yet a useful tip.