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. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_24F3&SUBSYS_02508086.

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

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 20.30.0.7 dated 2018-01-04.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled 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 pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed by Intel Corporation.
File size of the driver: 10386689 bytes (9.91 MB)
Driver rating 4 stars out of 87081 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• 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 8260 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, 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 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 detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Intel Corporation Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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