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

Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC is a Network Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8176&SUBSYS_821810EC is the matching hardware id of this device.

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

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC driver. The archive contains version 2012.7.1231.2013 released on 2014-01-13 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is enabled please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your computer and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed.
File size of the driver: 1384496 bytes (1.32 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.7 stars out of 86579 votes.
This driver will work for 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC driver

The most important 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. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down 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. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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