- #Intel ac 8260 drivers windows 10 install
- #Intel ac 8260 drivers windows 10 drivers
- #Intel ac 8260 drivers windows 10 update
- #Intel ac 8260 drivers windows 10 driver
This is an important step, because uninstalling
#Intel ac 8260 drivers windows 10 driver
Next, manually delete the two intel wifi driver files from Windows/system32/drivers, namely netwfw02.sys and netwfw02.dat OR netwfw04.sys and netwfw04.dat (or perhaps both or even some other number besides 02 or 04). Remove everything, including "settings".Ĥ. Go to Programs and Features in Control Panel and Uninstall the installed Intel Proset/Wirless software. Unzip the downloaded driver file into its own folder, but don't do anything else with it yet.ģ.
#Intel ac 8260 drivers windows 10 drivers
Download the barebones Intel drivers specific to your OS version for the 8260 wifi chipset from here:įor my Windows 7 圆4 system, I downloaded WiFi_20.0.2_Driver64_Win7.zip:Ģ. Has almost always done flawlessly since Vista SP1) and see if that might fix the problem.
#Intel ac 8260 drivers windows 10 install
In complete despair, I finally decided to completely nuke the MASSIVE (and as far as I could tell, nearly useless) bloatware known as Intel Proset/Wireless and instead just install the basic Intel WiFi drivers and let Microsoft manage the WiFi (which Microsoft Was the case on multiple routers, both old and new. the chipset was balky in connecting if it would connect at all, and when it did connect, it was almost always REALLY, REALLY, REALLY slow! And this I tried everything I could think of and many suggestions from intel and the internet as well. This is my fix for W7, but the steps are the same for W8/10: my experience has lead me to believe the problem is the massive Proset bloatware, not the barebones drivers or the chipset. Your respond/explanation/fix is highly appreciated.I never could get the intel dual band wireless-ac 8260 chipset to work reliably in several new (VERY expensive) Panasonic CF-54 laptops. But if I "SHUTDOWN AND START" then wait for about 20 seconds everything is fine, the wi-fi/bluetooth works. Last weird thing regarding item 4 If I "RESTART" my laptop I also get not working: This device cannot start. There might be a conflicting problem/s with the latest ac 8260 drivers.ĥ. Deleted/uninstalled the said drivers and let Windows 10 install the drivers - for ac 8260 driver v.18.40.0.12 for Bluetooth driver v., everything is working fine. Also tried inter-mixing the above drives still is not working, giving: This device cannot start. Also tried: Dual band wireless-ac 8260 driver v.19.0.1 with Bluetooth driver v.18.16.1 is not working, giving the same as in item 1: This device cannot start. is not working, giving: This device cannot start. Dual band wireless-ac 8260 driver v.19.1.0 with Bluetooth driver v. Intel dual band wireless-ac 8260įor my system information, please see attached snippets/pngs.ġ. The notebook is still in waranty, but I prefer to check for solutions myself, because if I will return the notebook, I need to wait long time to get it back.
#Intel ac 8260 drivers windows 10 update
I remove the driver for the wireless device and went back to version 19 (on request of Asus technical service)Īttached the detailed report of the Intel Driver & Support assistant before update 1803 (everything working fine) and after the update (big problem with wifi). I remove the WAN miniports in the device manager (on request of Asus technical service) I ran the intel driver & support assistant I have the latest driver installed for the device: 20.70.3.3 (dated ). Nevertheless, the drivers of the device (Intel AC 8260) are up to date. I see only part of the networks available, and hardly can connect to them. After updating to version 1803, the wireless network became very bad and instable. I have an Asus Zenbook Flip (UX360UAK), with Windows 10 installed.