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. The developer of this driver was Intel Corporation. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_24F3&SUBSYS_81328086; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to 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 location below. This is the download link for the driver version 18.40.3.2 dated 2016-04-24.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (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. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be quite 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 updated driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed.
File size of the driver: 5741138 bytes (5.48 MB)
Driver rating 4.5 stars out of 54995 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• 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, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and 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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