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 device. The developer of this driver was Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. USB/VID_0BDA&PID_8178 is the matching hardware id of this device.

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

1. Download the setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8192CU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 1010.0.0917.2010 released on 2010-09-17.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (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 installation wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. 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 updated driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
The file size of this driver is 348966 bytes (340.79 KB)
Driver rating 4.5 stars out of 66156 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with 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. How to use DriverMax to install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek RTL8192CU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter 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 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 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 on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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