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 hardware device. This driver was developed by Intel Corporation. PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_24F3&SUBSYS_10108086 is the matching hardware id of this device.

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

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 18.33.0.1 dated 2016-01-05.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running 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 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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Intel Corporation applied a digital signature to this driver.
Driver file size: 6013420 bytes (5.73 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.6 stars out of 19704 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• 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 advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. 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 analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Intel Corporation Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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