National Instruments NI PCIe-8255R - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

NI PCIe-8255R is a NI-RIO Devices device. The developer of this driver was National Instruments. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_1093&DEV_7293.

1. Manually install National Instruments NI PCIe-8255R driver

1. Download the setup file for National Instruments NI PCIe-8255R driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 16.0.0.49152 released on 2016-06-13.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is started then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. 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, it is as simple as that.
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National Instruments applied a digital signature to this driver.
Driver file size: 119291 bytes (116.50 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.5 stars out of 5927 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. Installing the National Instruments NI PCIe-8255R driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Search the list until you locate the National Instruments NI PCIe-8255R driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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