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Install Intel NUC Windows Server 2019 Network Adapter Driver

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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:

  1. Download the latest PROWinx64.exe for Windows Server 2019 from Intel including drivers for the Intel® Ethernet Connection I219-V
  2. 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.
  3. 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
    Extracted Network Drivers for Windows Server 2019 – Intel NUC PROWinx64
  4. Open Device Manager right click on Ethernet Controller and select Update Driver.

    Device Manager Update Driver Ethernet Controller - Intel NUC Windows Server 2019 Driver
    Device Manager Update Driver Ethernet Controller – Intel NUC Windows Server 2019 Driver
  5. 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
    Update Driver
  6. Click on “Have Disk…” enter the following path “C:\Drivers\Intel\PRO1000\Winx64\NDIS68.”

    Driver Location
    Driver Location
  7. Now select Intel Ethernet Connection I219-LM (The I219-V version is not shown)

    Select the Intel Ethernet Connection I219-LM
    Select the Intel Ethernet Connection I219-LM
  8. 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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42 responses

  1. Karl Wester-Ebbinghaus Avatar
    Karl Wester-Ebbinghaus

    Hi Thomas,
    It is a pitty Microsoft has removed NIC teaming from Windows 10.

    When using Hyper-V and Server 2019 be assured it has crap default network settings.

    Affects RSC, RSS, NUMA,
    https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2225989-server-2019-network-performance?page=13#entry-8907663

    Also ReFS still does not work with DirectIO (other than NTFS) but there is NO single line of documentation about this all.

    We have a support ticket open, I would be glad if you could join the cause.

    negative official sources:
    https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/failover-clustering/understanding-the-state-of-your-cluster-shared-volumes/ba-p/371889

    unofficial sources (MVP)
    https://www.windowspro.de/marcel-kueppers/refs-ntfs-vor-nachteile-dateisysteme-server-2016

    What do you think about it, can we escalate this?

    Reply
  2. Karl Wester-Ebbinghaus Avatar
    Karl Wester-Ebbinghaus

    forgot about the worst: congestion mode: CUBIC vs former CTCP.

    Reply
  3. B Avatar
    B

    I was able to successfully get the Intel NIC drivers updates following this procedure, Thank you! Are we able to complete the same results in a Server Core installation? Would you be able to use the Export-WindowsDriver Powershell to then Import to a Windows Server Core installation? Thanks.

    Reply
  4. David Baum Avatar
    David Baum

    What about 10th generation core i7

    Reply
  5. Meagan Avatar
    Meagan

    Thank you so much!

    Reply
    1. Thomas Maurer Avatar
      Thomas Maurer

      you’re welcome :)

      Reply
  6. Eloy Salamanca Avatar
    Eloy Salamanca

    Hi Thomas, thanks for the simple but very useful post, that saved me a lot of extra time! Well done!

    Reply
  7. Geert De Keyser Avatar
    Geert De Keyser

    Thomas, thank you… That was exactly what I needed :-)

    Reply
    1. Thomas Maurer Avatar
      Thomas Maurer

      you’re welcome :)

      Reply
  8. Frank Avatar
    Frank

    To follow what “B” wrote, any guidance on getting the I219-LM driver installed on Windows Hyper-V 2019? I have used “pnputil -i -a” with all the .inf files in “…\Intel\PRO1000\Winx64\NDIS68\” from the extracted PROWinx64_26_0.exe and no luck.

    To eliminate hardware issues, I installed Server 2019 (Desktop experience) and followed your instructions using the device manager and all worked well.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Reply
  9. Huy Avatar
    Huy

    this worked great! did you have notes on all the other stuff? eg
    chipset, the Wifi controller SATA?

    Reply
  10. Leroy DSouza Avatar
    Leroy DSouza

    HI Frank, did you have any luck ?

    Reply
  11. Igor Avatar
    Igor

    Anybody, any success? What about other than the network adapter drivers?

    Reply
  12. Edward Avatar
    Edward

    Thank you so much. I now have a working adapter.

    Reply
  13. anaonymous Avatar
    anaonymous

    No longer works as the latest drivers can’t be properly unpacked.

    Reply
    1. Jeff Avatar
      Jeff

      If you run any setup program and pause when it gets to the question/button clicking phase you can search the TEMP folder and find the setup. If you can’t figure out what folder it is then leave the temp folder open and restart the setup, you will see new folders created. That is the process that he is explaining in step number 2. To find the temp folder just click search by the start button and type %temp%.

      Reply
    2. Jeff Avatar
      Jeff

      well, I guess I should say practically any, some use folders like c:\drivers, others use their own but most just go to the temp folder.

      Reply
  14. Michael Zuberbuehler Avatar
    Michael Zuberbuehler

    It just installed the driver successfully on Server 2022 on a Bean Canyon NUC. Be sure to download the version 26.3 of the driver as this can still be extracted.

    Reply
  15. Aurelien Avatar
    Aurelien

    Hi, thank you for this procedure.
    Unfortunately I try today to fix my Intel NUC 11th generation with the Intel Card Driver I225-V but it didn’t work… Intel support has confirmed that generation 9 is the last generation to support Windows Server, after that it’s Windows 10 only ! So HyperV on Windows 10 :(

    Reply
  16. Charles Beltran Avatar
    Charles Beltran

    Was able to use “Intel Ethernet Connection I219-LM” from using the existing “Update Drivers – Ehternet Controller, Manuf: Intel and Model: Intel Ethernet Connection I219-LM drop-down already included in both Windows Server 2019 and Server 2022.

    Reply
    1. Thomas Maurer Avatar
      Thomas Maurer

      awesome, that is great!

      Reply
  17. JohnnyS Avatar
    JohnnyS

    Thank you. I was working on a test box and didn’t want to dig out a wifi adapter

    Reply
    1. Thomas Maurer Avatar
      Thomas Maurer

      Happy it worked :) Thanks for the feedback

      Reply
  18. fisedv Avatar
    fisedv

    still no driver for server 2019 ?

    Reply
    1. Thomas Maurer Avatar
      Thomas Maurer

      I haven’t found any.

      Reply
  19. Jeff Avatar
    Jeff

    Thanks, worked great. The Lenovo pc I was working on was such a pain it wouldn’t even recognize a wifi dongle. I worked for hours trying to get either way working, it was about to be one of those “office monitor smash” moments =).

    Reply
  20. Dave Lipman Avatar
    Dave Lipman

    Nice work – this worked great for me.

    Reply
    1. Thomas Maurer Avatar
      Thomas Maurer

      Thank you!

      Reply
  21. jamie Avatar
    jamie

    very nice – thank you!

    Reply
  22. rai Avatar
    rai

    Sir, you are GOD!
    After i struggled for way too long i though “okay this is my last try, it wont work anyway.”
    and there, it works. thank you so much.
    (i have windows server 2016 installed, so it works also here)

    Reply
    1. Thomas Maurer Avatar
      Thomas Maurer

      great it worked! Happy to help, and thanks for the feedback and the nice comment!

      Reply
  23. alex Avatar
    alex

    Tried on my Intel NUC with 10.th Gen i7, worked fine. Thank you!

    For my Intel NUC with 11.th Gen i7 i cannot get it done, always goes to This device cannot start. (Code 10)

    Reply
    1. Thomas Maurer Avatar
      Thomas Maurer

      Yes, for newer generation it is a different driver.

      Reply
      1. alex Avatar
        alex

        Do you know which one?

        Reply
  24. Martin Avatar
    Martin

    Hello Alex (and all other guys who wasted time on searching networks drivers). I have an NUC13ANHI7 running on Windows Server 2022. Download the driver package 27.8 and look for the directory:
    PRO2500\Winx64\WS2022
    -> Then choose Killer E3100 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
    Worked for me!

    Reply
    1. Caleb Avatar
      Caleb

      Martin, bless you, this worked on my IntelNUC11PAHi7 running Windows Server 2019; I was able to download with the driver package 29.2 and follow the same file path.

      Reply
  25. Gerald Avatar
    Gerald

    Thank you very much for this hint. This procedure works also for Microsoft Server 2022 (trial image 5GB). In the directory NDIS68 three driver files are offered. I selected “e1d” and it offers even 10 drivers for I219-LM (10) …(19), I219-LM(10) works fine for me.

    Reply
  26. Francois Avatar
    Francois

    Thank you very much. You saved me ! I lost 6 hours to solve my problem. I work with Microsoft Server 2022.

    Reply
    1. Thomas Maurer Avatar
      Thomas Maurer

      awesome, thank you! Happy to help!

      Reply
  27. Vladimir Avatar
    Vladimir

    Thank a lot, Thomas!
    This post help me to resolve the problem with my MB MSI H510M-PRO

    Reply
    1. Thomas Maurer Avatar
      Thomas Maurer

      You’re welcome!

      Reply
  28. Mohammed Avatar
    Mohammed

    Thank You, you hare a life saver, I spent hours trying to fix it.

    Reply

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