Driver for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter - downloading and installing it

Realtek RTL8188CU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. This Windows driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. USB/VID_0BDA&PID_8176 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter driver

1. Download the setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 1014.0.0509.2011 released on 2011-05-09.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) 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 pretty easy to follow. The driver installation 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 new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Driver file size: 444219 bytes (433.81 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4 stars by 64382 users.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• 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. Installing the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and press 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. Scroll the list down until you find the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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