Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CE-VAU Wireless LAN 802.11 USB minicard - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek RTL8188CE-VAU Wireless LAN 802.11 USB minicard is a Network Adapters hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_0BDA&PID_817E&REV_0200&SS; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CE-VAU Wireless LAN 802.11 USB minicard driver - how to install it manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CE-VAU Wireless LAN 802.11 USB minicard driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 1026.1.0911.2013 released on 2013-10-03.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, it is as simple as that.
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Realtek Semiconductor Corp. applied a digital signature to this driver.
Size of this driver: 1176999 bytes (1.12 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.5 stars out of 91915 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. How to install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CE-VAU Wireless LAN 802.11 USB minicard driver using DriverMax

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CE-VAU Wireless LAN 802.11 USB minicard driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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