Driver for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CUS Wireless LAN 802.11n USB Slim Solo - downloading and installing it

Realtek RTL8188CUS Wireless LAN 802.11n USB Slim Solo is a Network Adapters device. The developer of this driver was Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_0BDA&PID_817A; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CUS Wireless LAN 802.11n USB Slim Solo driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CUS Wireless LAN 802.11n USB Slim Solo driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 1016.1.0223.2012 released on 2012-02-23.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (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 analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your PC 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: 536221 bytes (523.65 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.4 stars by 24181 users.
This driver is fully compatible with 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CUS Wireless LAN 802.11n USB Slim Solo driver

The most important 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 easy can you install a driver with 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 available driver updates. Search the list until you find the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8188CUS Wireless LAN 802.11n USB Slim Solo driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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