USB tethering for internet on Windows Vista 64bit

[OldSchool38]

After getting sick of Comcast making it's annual changes to charges on my internet and forcing me to have to re-sign onto a new plan to keep my expenses down, I recently got rid of my cable service.  Now I connect to the internet on my Linux and Windows 7 machines via USB tethering using my new OnePlus Nord N200 5G (expensive, but the recent G changes in signals forced me to ditch my old Samsung).  60 gigs a month (then forced slowdown after that) isn't bad if you can control your Youtube addiction.  Now I was fooling around with another old computer of mine and was wondering if I could do the same kind of connection with Windows Vista 64 bit, or is it too old an OS to use?

Edited May 24, 2022 by OldSchool38

[UCyborg]

Vista is the first Windows with USB tethering support out-of-the-box.

[jumper]

Also, if you network the machines together, Win7 can probably share the internet connection with older systems.

 

[OldSchool38]

I tried tethering with Vista again, but no luck.  However I found a Type-C to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter on ebay that I used to connect to the computer's ethernet port and it worked fine.  However for me now it's a dead issue, after finding the cellular data plan wasn't working well with my needs, I wen't back to Comcast cable so it's a cable connection for me again.