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. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Intel Corporation. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_24F3&SUBSYS_10508086; 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 UAC (User Access Control) 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 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.
Download size of the driver: 6317018 bytes (6.02 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.3 stars out of 88800 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with 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. How to use DriverMax to install Intel Corporation Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 driver

The 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 press 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 find 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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