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

Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC is a Network Adapters device. This Windows driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8176&SUBSYS_819710EC is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 2012.4.1022.2013 released on 2013-11-22.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running 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. Restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Size of this driver: 1356656 bytes (1.29 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 5 stars out of 45548 votes.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• 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 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important 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 click on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you find the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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