ZTE MF636 3G Modem on Windows 7

I've just replaced my 3 years old Toshiba laptop with the Lenovo X201, and it was pre-installed with Windows 7 by my IT department. The first thing that came to my mind is to set up the 3G modem. Whenever I travel, I need to get internet access to work on my emails, and free Wi-Fi is not available everywhere. I am using a ZTE MF636, purchased from China.



After a few tries, it looks like the device driver doesn't support Windows 7. I uninstalled everything, copied the setup files into my local hard disk, right clicked on setup.exe and select properties, configure the compatiblity mode to Windows Vista SP1, run setup again. This solves my problem. Now that I can get access to internet again, it's time to give a call to my 亲爱的. She's probably still in bed, although it's already 3pm.