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 device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Intel Corporation. PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_24F3&SUBSYS_91508086 is the matching hardware id of this device.

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

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 18.33.1.1 dated 2016-02-04.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is enabled 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 setup wizard, which should be quite 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 PC and enjoy the new driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Size of this driver: 6317018 bytes (6.02 MB)
Driver rating 4 stars out of 89906 votes.
This driver will work 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. 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 can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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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 on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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