intel wifi driver won't install on my msi gaming laptop

msi's support page, your exact model. that's the driver tested on that board.

a lot of msi gaming laptops ship with a Killer card, which is intel hardware but wants the Killer flavour of the driver. the plain intel package refuses to install or installs and then does nothing. open device manager, look at the exact name under network adapters, and grab the driver that matches that name, ideally from msi's support page for your model. if it says intel and still fails: - uninstall the current adapter in device manager and tick delete the driver software - reboot, then run the new installer - turn off any vpn client while you do it, those add their own network filter drivers that can block the install it's also worth checking windows update > optional updates, sometimes the working driver is just sitting there.