Driver for Realtek Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller - downloading and installing it

Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller is a Network Adapters device. The developer of this driver was Realtek. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8169&SUBSYS_07011558; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to manually install Realtek Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller driver

1. Download the setup file for Realtek Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 8.010.1226.2012 released on 2012-12-26.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled 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 quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Size of this driver: 434505 bytes (424.32 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.9 stars out of 89999 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Realtek Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install 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 with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~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. Search the list until you locate the Realtek Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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