Driver for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188RU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB High Power Dongle - downloading and installing it

Realtek RTL8188RU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB High Power Dongle is a Network Adapters hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_0BDA&PID_817F.

1. Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188RU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB High Power Dongle - install the driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188RU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB High Power Dongle driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 1023.6.0225.2013 dated 2013-03-25.
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3. Run the driver setup 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 setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. 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 fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed.
The file size of this driver is 1046080 bytes (1,021.56 KB)
Driver rating 4.7 stars out of 5528 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• 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. How to install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188RU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB High Power Dongle driver using DriverMax

The 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 easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~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 available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188RU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB High Power Dongle driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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