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# Intel Wireless

Intel provides an IT administrator wireless driver pack for injecting Intel Wi-Fi drivers into WinPE boot images, enabling wireless connectivity on systems with Intel wireless adapters.

| Property       | Value                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Publisher      | Intel Corporation                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| Architecture   | amd64                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Platform       | WinPE (WinRE-based images)                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Source         | [Intel ProSet/Wireless Software and Wi-Fi Drivers for IT Administrators](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/18231/intel-proset-wireless-software-and-wi-fi-drivers-for-it-administrators.html) |
| Expand command | `Expand-Archive` (ZIP archive)                                                                                                                                                                               |

{% embed url="<https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/18231/intel-proset-wireless-software-and-wi-fi-drivers-for-it-administrators.html>" %}

## Overview

The Intel ProSet/Wireless IT administrator pack is a ZIP archive containing `.inf`-based drivers for Intel Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 6E, and Wi-Fi 7 adapters. OSDeploy downloads the pack, extracts it using `Expand-Archive`, and injects drivers into the WinPE image at build time.

{% hint style="warning" %}
WiFi drivers are only needed for **WinRE-based boot images**. ADK-generated WinPE does not support wireless hardware. When no imported OS sources are present, `Update-OSDeployCoreDrivers` excludes Wi-Fi packages automatically.
{% endhint %}

## Download with OSDeploy

Use `Update-OSDeployCoreDrivers` to refresh the Intel Wireless catalog and download the driver pack. Pass `-SkipWifiDrivers` to exclude wireless packages when building a WinPE-only image.

**Download Intel Wireless packages:**

```powershell
Update-OSDeployCoreDrivers -Name 'intel-wifi'
```

**Download only (skip expansion):**

```powershell
Update-OSDeployCoreDrivers -Name 'intel-wifi' -DownloadOnly
```

**View downloaded Intel Wireless driver folders in the library:**

```powershell
Get-OSDeployCoreDrivers -Architecture amd64
```

**Exclude Wi-Fi drivers when building a WinPE-only image:**

```powershell
Update-OSDeployCoreDrivers -SkipWifiDrivers
```

***

## Manual Download

Visit the Intel download page and download the latest IT administrator wireless driver pack ZIP:

<https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/18231/intel-proset-wireless-software-and-wi-fi-drivers-for-it-administrators.html>

Expand the ZIP to your driver staging folder:

```powershell
$DestinationPath = 'C:\WinPEDrivers\IntelWireless'
Expand-Archive -Path "$env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\Intel-WirelessDriverPack.zip" -DestinationPath $DestinationPath
```

***

## Related

* [Intel ProSet/Wireless Software for IT Administrators](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/18231/intel-proset-wireless-software-and-wi-fi-drivers-for-it-administrators.html)
* [Update-OSDeployCoreDrivers](https://docs.osdeploy.com)
* [Get-OSDeployCoreDrivers](https://docs.osdeploy.com)
* [WinPE Drivers overview](/core-components/winpe-drivers.md)


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