RTL8811CU or RTL190CT Realtek USB Wi-Fi with Windows 2000

[Jakob99]

Does anyone know how I can get the RTL8811CU or RTL190CT Realtek USB Wi-Fi to work with Windows 2000? The description on Amazon and eBay said it supports 2000 (and 98 for the latter), but I can only find XP and later drivers. Maybe @blackwingcat has some solutions? I'll advanced Google search his site in case there is something already there. Any help is greatly appreciated!

[Dixel]

Did you try inf-modding ? XP drivers should work on 2000 and vice versa . 

[Dixel]

It would be better to use XP drivers released before sp1. Gives you a higher chance.

[Jakob99]

1 hour ago, Dixel said:

Did you try inf-modding ? XP drivers should work on 2000 and vice versa . 

I did not. I did find this https://blog-livedoor-jp.translate.goog/blackwingcat/archives/2004917.html?_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=ja&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc where blackwingcat investigated it and said rewriting the INF would work, but so far I have not been able to find any more articles in relation to this.

In case the translation link doesn't work: http://blog.livedoor.jp/blackwingcat/archives/2004917.html Just open up Google Translate from the Google page, select Detect Language and paste the link in the first box and then your desired language for the second box. Click the link in the second box to open it up in your language.

[Dixel]

3 hours ago, Jakob99 said:

blackwingcat investigated it and said rewriting the INF would work, but so far I have not been able to find any more articles in relation to this.

So it's just like I said . Why do you need articles then ? Would be faster to try it yourself . Just replace the OS string and install . Create a backup , of course . I told ya it would work . It's not a video driver after all. BTW, there are Nvidia drivers for 2000 available , up to GTX 780 , modded of course .

[Jakob99]

4 minutes ago, Dixel said:

So it's just like I said . Why do you need articles then ? Would be faster to try it yourself . Just replace the OS string and install . Create a backup , of course . I told ya it would work . It's not a video driver after all. BTW, there are Nvidia drivers for 2000 available , up to GTX 780 , modded of course .

I'll try that, but I'm not holding out hope. Here's a quote from blackwingcat, which indicates more stuff besides the OS string would need to be modified. "In other

words, the following OEM hardware can be used with Win2000 by rewriting INF and erasing ".NTx86". I think "

[Jakob99]

I found what appears to be Beta source code for the RTL8811CU USB WiFi device. I uploaded this here: https://www.mediafire.com/file/cucirhe1k86z19b/BETA_V9_RTLWlan_1930.16.1213.2016_Source.zip/file

Maybe this can be leveraged to create a Windows 2000 compatible driver if modifying the INF won't work. I wonder if @blackwingcat can figure something out either by getting the INF file to work or by utilizing this Beta driver source code.

[Dixel]

On 12/7/2021 at 8:42 PM, Jakob99 said:

Maybe this can be leveraged to create a Windows 2000 compatible driver if modifying the INF won't work.

I'm sorry , I can't/shan't do it , I'm very overloaded with the real life lately . Besides , using win2000 for the internet these days isn't a good idea , just sayin'. Not because of the "viruses" , it's more like you won't be able to use decent browsers . 360EE maybe ... and that's it.