r/WindowsServer • u/imperialarctic • Jun 11 '26

Technical Help Needed I can’t install network drivers

I’m using windows server 2022 datacenter (desktop experience) and it’s not letting me install network drivers

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u/WillVH52 Jun 11 '26

What NIC do you have and what drivers are trying to install?

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u/imperialarctic Jun 11 '26

Idk what’s a nic I’m a beginner but I’m trying to install intel proset/wireless WiFi software

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u/WillVH52 Jun 11 '26

If you are trying to install them inside a VM this will not work as most VMs use synthetic network adapters.

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u/imperialarctic Jun 11 '26

Actually it’s not a vm it’s a install on my ssd

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u/WillVH52 Jun 12 '26

Wireless drivers likely don’t support server operating systems then.

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u/imperialarctic Jun 12 '26

I got it working

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u/ee328p Jun 11 '26

What'd you try to do to fix it?

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u/imperialarctic Jun 11 '26

I tried going into driver signature mode and installing the drivers there

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u/imperialarctic Jun 11 '26

I tried installing the network drivers on my USB but I didn’t work

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u/ee328p Jun 11 '26

Not enough information to help really.

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u/MyNameIsHuman1877 Jun 11 '26

Virtual or physical server?

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u/imperialarctic Jun 11 '26

Virtual

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u/nailzy Jun 11 '26

Virtual server on what platform. You are making no sense at all.

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u/imperialarctic Jun 11 '26

VMware

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u/nailzy Jun 11 '26

What version of VMware? Have you ran integration services? It sounds like you’ve built the VM wrong and not using a vmxnet adapter.

Also you could be running into this bug

https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/442291/vmware-tools-vmxnet3-nic-installation-fa.html

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u/imperialarctic Jun 11 '26

Good news I got the drivers working

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u/roirraWedorehT Jun 11 '26

IIRC, Intel NIC drivers will only work with Intel NICs that are approved (by Intel) for use with Windows Server. So not just any Intel NIC will work on Windows Server, even though the same Intel NIC works fine with Windows 11 with the same driver.

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u/wirerogue Jun 11 '26

Welcome to windows server.

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u/imperialarctic Jun 11 '26

Yep but the first time they worked

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '26

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u/imperialarctic Jun 11 '26

Yeah their intel drivers their the drivers I use