Driver for Intel Corporation Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 - downloading and installing it

Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 is a Network Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Intel Corporation. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_24F3&SUBSYS_D0108086.

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

1. Download the driver 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 18.40.3.2 released on 2016-04-24.
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3. Start 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. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation 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, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Size of this driver: 5741138 bytes (5.48 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.6 stars out of 54787 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• 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 the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~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. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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