Intel® Arc™ & Iris® Xe Graphics - Windows* Installation taking forever

[MikeMcGrath]

I am trying to install Intel® Arc™ & Iris® Xe Graphics - Windows* driver. It has downloaded but the installation is still spinning one hour+ later. I have Win11 on a NUC12 i7 1260P, 32 GB RAM. Standard default installation for both NUC and Win11. I am only installing it and two other drivers (Bluetooth and wifi) because Intel sent me an update alert. I just want to stay uptodate, I don't want headaches. I am a simple user.

What do I do now? Can I just pull the plug and stop installation without causing damage (because it has started to install the new driver presumably)?

This has made a fine day suddenly cloudy.

Thanks for help

[LeonWaksman]

Hi @MikeMcGrath 

Download the Intel® Graphics Driver 32.0.101.5762 , which is the latest driver for your CPU. Double click on the downloaded .exe file to start the installation. Follow the instructions on the screen (click Start and Next when asked).

You may also download and install Intel® Wireless Bluetooth® version 23.60.0 and Wi-Fi package drivers 23.60.1 which are the latest drivers for AX211 WiFi adapter.

For different reason drivers update using Intel DSA is not working always, so, use the manual method.

Leon