Intel Corporation Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 is a Network Adapters hardware device. This driver was developed by Intel Corporation. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_08B1&SUBSYS_40728086.

1. Install Intel Corporation Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Intel Corporation Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 17.0.1.5 released on 2014-03-12.
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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. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver installation 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.
Driver file size: 2994823 bytes (2.86 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.3 stars by 25611 users.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• 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 Intel Corporation Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Intel Corporation Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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