Is the Realtek network driver on Windows Update fixed yet?

Posted by Ian Boyd on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Ian Boyd
Published on 2010-02-27T01:38:56Z Indexed on 2010/03/25 14:53 UTC
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Months ago i was experiencing problems with my networking, and was hoping the updated

  • Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.20)

driver available from Microsoft on Windows Update would fix the problems.

Instead, after the reboot, the network device failed to start, and the driver had to be rolled back. I'm not the only person to get this problem, it even was dealt with by a superuser.

A co-worker experienced the exact same problem, and we independently came up with the same solution: hide the updated driver in Windows Update.

So I've continued to have my network troubles, and i still need an updated driver. Is the version of the Realtek driver on Windows Update fixed yet? i know Microsoft never pulled it down, but maybe it's been up-updated. i really don't want to find out by downloading it.

Can someone else confirm that it's no longer broken - or can someone else be my guinea pig?

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