Driver for Intel Intel 8255x-based PCI Ethernet Adapter 10/100 - downloading and installing it

Intel 8255x-based PCI Ethernet Adapter 10/100 is a Network Adapters device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Intel. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_1229&REV_01.

1. How to manually install Intel Intel 8255x-based PCI Ethernet Adapter 10/100 driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Intel Intel 8255x-based PCI Ethernet Adapter 10/100 driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 6.4.14.0081 dated 2003-08-21.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by Intel.
Size of this driver: 199198 bytes (194.53 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.4 stars out of 84658 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. Installing the Intel Intel 8255x-based PCI Ethernet Adapter 10/100 driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Intel Intel 8255x-based PCI Ethernet Adapter 10/100 driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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