Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188E Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC how to download and install the driver

Realtek RTL8188E Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC is a Network Adapters hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8179&SUBSYS_1D381A3B.

1. Install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188E Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188E Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 2007.12.0419.2013 released on 2013-04-19.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (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 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. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Size of this driver: 829681 bytes (810.24 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.1 stars by 24390 users.
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. Installing the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188E Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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

1. Start 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 PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188E Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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