Had to run it 4 times.... 1st three times it left an older driver than the
one
on the previous run.... maybe because those drivers were provided via
Windows Update and not manually installed.

"TomV" <t@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> 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:[color=green]
>> 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
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>>> 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.
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