Intel Corporation Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 how to download and install the driver

Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 is a Network Adapters device. This driver was developed by Intel Corporation. PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_24F3&SUBSYS_01F08086 is the matching hardware id of this device.

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 download link is for the driver version 18.40.0.9 released on 2016-02-25.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (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 installation wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the new driver, it is as simple as that.
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Intel Corporation applied a digital signature to this driver.
Size of this driver: 5023184 bytes (4.79 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.4 stars out of 72929 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with 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. How to install Intel Corporation Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 driver using DriverMax

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 with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~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 available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Intel Corporation Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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