Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek USB 2.0 Card Reader - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek USB 2.0 Card Reader is a USB Universal Serial Bus hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_0BDA&PID_0188; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to manually install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek USB 2.0 Card Reader driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek USB 2.0 Card Reader driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 10.0.19042.31267 dated 2021-01-26.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is started then you will have to accept 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 scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Size of this driver: 2244818 bytes (2.14 MB)
Driver rating 4.4 stars out of 83655 votes.
This driver will work for 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 USB 2.0 Card Reader 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 easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and push 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. Search the list until you find the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek USB 2.0 Card Reader driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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