Driver for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8192CU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter - downloading and installing it

Realtek RTL8192CU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_0BDA&PID_8178&REV_0200&SS; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8192CU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter - install the driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8192CU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter driver. The archive contains version 1023.5.0116.2013 dated 2013-01-25 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is started please 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 will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and restart your computer 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 by Realtek Semiconductor Corp..
The file size of this driver is 1081742 bytes (1.03 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.2 stars by 29239 users.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8192CU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup 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 take a look!

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 PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Search the list until you find the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8192CU 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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