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 Windows version of this driver was developed by Intel Corporation. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_24F4&SUBSYS_00308086; this string has to match your hardware.

1. 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 download link is for the driver version 18.0.0.11 released on 2015-03-04.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) 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 setup wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan 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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Intel Corporation applied a digital signature to this driver.
The file size of this driver is 4870803 bytes (4.65 MB)
Driver rating 4.9 stars out of 57306 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 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 easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

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 detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Intel Corporation Intel R Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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