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_01508086; this string has to match your hardware.

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

1. Download the driver setup file for Intel Corporation Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 18.33.1.1 dated 2016-02-04.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, it is as simple as that.
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Intel Corporation applied a digital signature to this driver.
Download size of the driver: 6317018 bytes (6.02 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.5 stars by 89017 users.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• 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. Using DriverMax to install Intel Corporation Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Intel Corporation Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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