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 developer of this driver was Intel Corporation. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_24F3&SUBSYS_91108086.

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 is the download link for the driver version 18.33.1.1 dated 2016-02-04.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is started 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 setup wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed.
The file size of this driver is 6317018 bytes (6.02 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.3 stars out of 90032 votes.
This driver was released for 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. Using DriverMax to install Intel Corporation Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

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 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. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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