TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Realtek RTL8188CE-VAU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB minicard - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek RTL8188CE-VAU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB minicard is a Network Adapters device. This Windows driver was developed by TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_13D3&PID_3358; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to manually install TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Realtek RTL8188CE-VAU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB minicard driver

1. Download the driver setup file for TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Realtek RTL8188CE-VAU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB minicard driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 1024.12.0314.2014 dated 2014-03-31.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is started then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. 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 PC and enjoy the new driver, it is as simple as that.
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TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. applied a digital signature to this driver.
The file size of this driver is 1279561 bytes (1.22 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 4 stars out of 58859 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. Installing the TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Realtek RTL8188CE-VAU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB minicard driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Realtek RTL8188CE-VAU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB minicard driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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