Intel Corporation Intel R Wireless-AC 9260 160MHz - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Intel R Wireless-AC 9260 160MHz is a Network Adapters hardware device. 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_2526&SUBSYS_001C8086.

1. Install Intel Corporation Intel R Wireless-AC 9260 160MHz driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Intel Corporation Intel R Wireless-AC 9260 160MHz driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 21.20.0.1 released on 2019-04-29.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is running 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 straightforward. 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 fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Intel Corporation applied a digital signature to this driver.
Download size of the driver: 11093020 bytes (10.58 MB)
Driver rating 4.2 stars out of 39659 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. Installing the Intel Corporation Intel R Wireless-AC 9260 160MHz 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 see!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~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 available driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Intel Corporation Intel R Wireless-AC 9260 160MHz driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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