Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC is a Network Adapters hardware device. The developer of this driver was Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8176&SUBSYS_829710EC; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 2010.10.0927.2013 released on 2013-10-07.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is started then you will have to 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 should be quite straightforward. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed.
The file size of this driver is 1346687 bytes (1.28 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.9 stars by 34152 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. How to use DriverMax to install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC driver

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. Open DriverMax and press 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 RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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