Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n COMBO PCI-E NIC how to download and install the driver

Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n COMBO PCI-E NIC is a Network Adapters device. This driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8176&SUBSYS_91981028 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 link below. This download link is for the driver version 1005.43.0913.2012 released on 2012-09-13.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running 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 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, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp..
Size of this driver: 453612 bytes (442.98 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.9 stars out of 58551 votes.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• 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. 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 install the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and press 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 detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n COMBO PCI-E NIC driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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