Intel Corporation Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 is a Network Adapters hardware device. This driver was developed by Intel Corporation. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_24F3&SUBSYS_00108086; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Intel Corporation Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Intel Corporation Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 18.0.0.11 released on 2015-03-04.
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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 running then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow 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 by Intel Corporation.
The file size of this driver is 4870803 bytes (4.65 MB)
Driver rating 4.1 stars out of 57494 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. Installing the Intel Corporation Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Intel Corporation Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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