It's usually necessary to run the installation file twice unless you
first uninstall the existing driver. The first run will uninstall the
existing Realtek driver, and the second will install the new driver.
You don't indicate what type machine you have (Dell, HP, etc.) however,
some manufacturers setup the system so that an original driver installs
when the current one is removed. I had this happen with an Nvidia
driver on an old Dell machine.
I'm taking a guess here, but it sounds like that's what you may be
experiencing when the existing Realtek is uninstalled. The system
installs an on board Realtek driver that's much older than the currently
installed driver. Apparently, running the installation file multiple
times brought you up to date.
Spirit wrote:
> Originally I downloaded the EXE version and as I "thought" it installed
> an older
> version. This time I downloaded the ZIP and it too left me with an older
> version.
> However I reran the SETUP and an even older version remained. After running
> it 4 times FINALLY the 6.0.1-5991 version was installed.
>
> My guess is the setup.exe is designed to remove all previous installs
> before installing
> the update. Strange I had to run the SETUP 4 times to do this.
>
> "TomV" <t@nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:ucnrr35kIHA.980@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Spirit wrote:
>>> Strange I downloaded and installed R190 and it loaded a driver
>>> older than R160... I had 6.0.1-5374 and 6.0.01-5217 was in
>>> R190. So I reverted to my previous one.
>>>
>>
>> I just updated with R190 and the driver is 6.0.1.5591. Try
>> downloading the update again and reinstall it.
>>
>