As you know, I am using an Intel NUC as my Windows Server lab machine, where I run Windows Server 2019 and Hyper-V on. Many people asked me about how you can install the Intel NUC Windows Server 2019 Network Adapter driver because there are no Windows Server 2019 drivers for it. My blog reader, Michael Williams, shared how you can install the Windows Server 2019 Network adapter drivers on the Intel NUC 8th generation.
Here are the simple steps you can follow to install the Intel NUC Windows Server 2019 Network Adapter Driver:
- Download the latest PROWinx64.exe for Windows Server 2019 from Intel including drivers for the Intel® Ethernet Connection I219-V
- To manually install the network drivers, extract PROWinx64.exe to a temporary folder – in this example to the C:\Drivers\Intel\ folder. Extracting the .exe file manually requires an extraction utility like WinRAR or others. You can also run the .exe and it will self-extract files to the %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0 directory. This directory is temporary and will be deleted when the .exe terminates.
- The driver for the Intel I219-V network adapter can be found in the C:\Drivers\Intel\PRO1000\Winx64\NDIS68.
Extracted Network Drivers for Windows Server 2019 – Intel NUC PROWinx64
- Open Device Manager right click on Ethernet Controller and select Update Driver.
Device Manager Update Driver Ethernet Controller – Intel NUC Windows Server 2019 Driver
- Select “Browe on my computer for driver software”, and select “Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer”, now you can select Network Adapter.
Update Driver
- Click on “Have Disk…” enter the following path “C:\Drivers\Intel\PRO1000\Winx64\NDIS68.”
Driver Location
- Now select Intel Ethernet Connection I219-LM (The I219-V version is not shown)
Select the Intel Ethernet Connection I219-LM
- And you are done.
Huge thank you again to Michael Williams for sharing that with us. I hope this short blog post provides you a step by step guide on how you can install Windows Server 2019 Network adapter drivers on the Intel NUC. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment.
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I use Intel NUCs in my lab environment to test different workloads and produce technical articles, such as this one. I recently published an article about building your home lab using Intel NUCs. You can read it here.
Intel NUC supports Windows 10 and Windows 11 and provides corresponding drivers for different hardware components. They work fine, and nothing is missing.
However, if you want to install Windows Server and its drivers, you will face challenges with the Ethernet adapter. Since there is no dedicated Ethernet driver for Windows Server, the network connection will not function.
For writing this article, I run my workloads on powerful mini PC - Intel NUC powered with the CPU i7 the latest generation, 64 GB RAM DDR4, 256 M.2 SSD. Intel® NUC Mini PCs are fully complete and ready to work out of the box. You can learn more here Intel® NUC Products.
In this article, I’ll show you how to install an Intel NUC network driver on Windows Server 2019, 2022 and 2025
Step 1: Download the driver
In the first step, you need to download the proper driver for your Ethernet adapter. As mentioned, there is no dedicated driver for Windows Server 2022, and you need to use one designed for OS independence.
I installed it and used it for several weeks without any problems. You can download a driver here Intel® Ethernet Adapter Complete Driver Pack. This driver has been tested on Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022, and Windows Server 2025, and it works flawlessly. However, the installation process for Windows Server 2019/2022 differs from that for Windows Server 2025.
Once downloaded, transfer the file to your Intel NUC, and then extract it.
Step 2: Install the Ethernet driver
In the second step, you will install the network adapter driver on your Intel NUC.
Windows Server 2019/2022
- Open Device Manager and expand other devices.
- Right click on Ethernet Controller and click Update driver.
- Select Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer and click Next.
- Select Network adapters and click Next.
- Click Have Disk…
- Select the drivers, you previously downloaded and click OK. Once you extract your file, you need to navigate to *\PRO1000\Winx64\W2022\*.sys.
- Select Intel(R) l210 Gigabit Network Connection and click Next.
- Click Yes to confirm updating the driver.
- Windows has successfully updated your drivers. Click Close. You will notice that your Intel NUC is connected to your network
Windows Server 2025
I tried the method above for Windows Server 2025, but it didn’t work. So, I explored alternative drivers and found one that does. Follow steps 1 to 5 from the previous section, and then proceed with the steps below.
- Open Device Manager and expand other devices.
- Right click on Ethernet Controller and click Update driver.
- Select Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer and click Next.
- Select Network adapters and click Next.
- Click Have Disk…
- Select the drivers, you previously downloaded and click OK. Once you extract your file, you need to navigate to *\PRO1000\Winx64\W2025\.
- Select Intel(R) 82580 Gigabit Network Connection and click Next.
Windows has successfully updated the network drivers.
You are online.
If asked, restart your PC to complete the device setup. Don’t forget to share this article with your network.
На минувшей неделе, как раз столкнулся со случаем, когда «винда» (в моем случае это был Windows 2019) в упор не видит сетевую карту Intel. Хотел поблагодарить людей (или человека, чей блог я читал), который(е) написали подробный пост на эту тему, реально очень помогло:
https://baduser.info/?p=1075
Единственное, здесь человек предлагает скопировать нужные строки драйвера и вставить их только в один раздел данного файла
но структура файла драйвера для windows 2019, несколько отличается, поэтому я нашел нужные мне строки не установленного драйвера, скопировал их, и вставил во все разделы данного файла (не уверен, что нужно было сделать именно так, но чтоб уж наверняка). Далее, все также по инструкции, как написано в посте. Ребутаем комп и драйвер благополучно встает отругавшись на «подозрительные дрова».
Вот тут еще более хардкор вариант, но мне не потребовался.
Всем хорошей работы!!! Еще раз спасибо добрым людям…
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