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Huawei E160 on Windows 7 64bit 28 October 2009 at 11:43 am by CJ

If you didn’t think that was possible, you were wrong.

Till now you shouldn’t attempt to install Orange’s software in Windows 7 x64. By that I mean that you should not install the Internet Everywhere f***d up application which comes on the internal memory of the USB Modem, you should not install the drivers which also come with the USB Modem even if you ran them in compatibility mode as admin (trust me, they will never work).
Firmware issue: I bought the modem in August 2009 and the firmware version provided on the modem was the latest. I don’t know if this magic trick will work on older firmware versions.

I tried and succeeded this mod in Windows 7 64 bit build 7100 RC.

Step one

Go to Huawei website and download the appropriate driver for your Huawei E160 USB Modem. You’ll see that Huawei included in this package quite a lot of utilities unlike Orange. Unrar the freshly downloaded archive and run “AutoRun.exe”. This will install the Mobile Connect software and the 64bit drivers for Huawei E160.

If you don’t want to waste time searching for the drivers and app here’s an internal link.

*This operation should be done with the USB Modem not plugged in.

Step two (optional)

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+ Windows 7 Secrets By CJ 11 May 2009 at 3:56 pm and have No Comments

Windows 7 Secrets

Since I am in Windows 7 for 2 full weeks now and knowing how frustrating this OS can be in the first days of usage, I decided to post some “secrets” keyboard shortcuts, enhancements, settings etc…

Here we go, 30 Tips, Tricks and Secrets for Windows 7:

1. Windows Management. By now, you’ve probably seen that Windows 7 does a lot to make window management easier: you can “dock” a window to the left or right half of the screen by simply dragging it to the edge; similarly, you can drag the window to the top of the screen to maximize it, and double-click the window top / bottom border to maximize it vertically with the same horizontal width. What you might not know is that all these actions are also available with keyboard shortcuts:

  • Win+Left Arrow and Win+Right Arrow dock;
  • Win+Up Arrow and Win+Down Arrow maximizes and restores / minimizes;
  • Win+Shift+Up Arrow and Win+Shift+Down Arrow maximizes and restores the vertical size.

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