Driver for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n COMBO PCI-E NIC - downloading and installing it

Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n COMBO PCI-E NIC is a Network Adapters device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8176&SUBSYS_16B310CF is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. How to manually install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n COMBO PCI-E NIC driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n COMBO PCI-E NIC driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 2013.10.1015.2014 released on 2014-11-17.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) 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. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Realtek Semiconductor Corp. applied a digital signature to this driver.
Size of this driver: 1707577 bytes (1.63 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.8 stars out of 1111 votes.
This driver was released 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n COMBO PCI-E NIC driver

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. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and click 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 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n COMBO PCI-E NIC driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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