universal-intel-wifi-bt-driver-updater

2026.3.4

Automatically detects, downloads, and installs the latest Intel Wi-Fi (Wi-Fi 5/6/6E/7)
and Bluetooth drivers for your specific hardware. Compares installed driver versions
against the latest available release, then downloads and installs the correct CAB
driver package(s).

Security: full SHA-256 hash verification and Microsoft WHCP digital signature validation
before installation. Automatic System Restore Point created before any changes.

Requires Administrator privileges (auto-elevates if needed) and internet access
to GitHub. Downloads are verified before installation - no unverified files are
ever installed.

Supports silent unattended deployment via -quiet flag.

Usage: .\universal-intel-wifi-bt-driver-updater.ps1 [options]

Options:
-help, -?          Display this help and exit.
-version, -v       Display the tool version and exit.
-auto, -a          All prompts are answered with Yes, no user interaction required.
-quiet, -q         Run in completely silent mode (no console window). Implies -auto.
-beta              Use beta database for new hardware testing.
-debug, -d         Enable debug output.
-skipverify, -s    Skip script self-hash verification. Use only for testing.

Logging: All actions are logged to %ProgramData%\wifi_bt_update.log.

Installation Options

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Install-Script -Name universal-intel-wifi-bt-driver-updater

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Owners

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Copyright

Package Details

Author(s)

Marcin Grygiel

Functions

Get-VersionNumber Compare-Versions Write-Log Write-DebugMessage Show-FinalSummary Write-ColorLine Get-KeyAndUrlFromLine Show-Header Show-Screen1 Show-Screen2 Show-Screen3 Show-Screen4 Verify-ScriptHash Get-DownloadsFolder Check-ForUpdaterUpdates Clear-TempDriverFolders Cleanup Get-IntelWiFiDevice Get-IntelBTDevice Get-CurrentDriverVersion Get-RemoteContent Get-VersionedWiFiDownloadInfo Get-VersionedBTDownloadInfo Parse-WiFiLatestMd Parse-BTLatestMd Parse-WiFiDownloadList Get-WiFiBlockForDevice Parse-BTDownloadList Get-BTBlockForDevice Verify-FileHash Verify-FileSignature Download-VerifyFile Install-DriverFromCab Install-DriverWithFallback Show-FinalCredits

Dependencies

This script has no dependencies.

Release Notes

v2026.03.0004 - Added versioned download file support using release assets.
Versioned files: intel-wifi-<version>.txt (archive-wifi release)
intel-bt-<version>_pid<PID>.txt (archive-bt release)
Backward compatible with old intel-*-drivers-download.txt files.
Fixed block splitting issues in Wi-Fi download list parser (now uses regex to handle CRLF/LF).
Fixed variable name conflict with $PID in Bluetooth versioned function.

FileList

universal-intel-wifi-bt-driver-updater.nuspec
universal-intel-wifi-bt-driver-updater.ps1

Version History

Version	Downloads	Last updated
2026.3.4 (current version)	13	3/26/2026
2026.3.3	35	3/21/2026
2026.3.2	34	3/16/2026