It's still a work in progress as the procedure may not be the same for all systems. Again, to install them successfully is not straight forward.Īfter a couple of weeks, I finally figured out a way to cleanly remove Intel Thunderbolt Software and its older drivers then switch to Thunderbolt Control Center and newer drivers. This can be remedied by downloading the latest DCH drivers from Intel website. The underlying reason is your system is missing Thunderbolt DCH drivers. You'd most likely encounter an error message stating it couldn't be installed. Successfully install it is another task all together. This system was running Intel Thunderbolt Software 17.4.77.400. If you search for 'Thunderbolt Control Center' in Windows Store, you can easily find it. I found that out the hard way with an Early 2018 Razer Blade Stealth. The first question I had was whether there's an advantage in using the newer utility. The latest Thunderbolt Control Center is officially available through the Windows Store only.

Most systems bought prior to late 2018 use the older Intel Thunderbolt Software. If you recently bought a Windows system with Thunderbolt Control Center preinstalled, please share the model and when you bought it. There are no clear information about this change like most Thunderbolt related topics so I'd like to start a discussion. Intel has migrated the utility to manage Thunderbolt devices in Windows.

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