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There's a link in the description for how to download the one you need in case you're unsure if Windows did it automatically when you connected the controller. Basically I found this guy's video: He walks you through manually installing the drivers. No guarantee it's a cure for everyone, but after 3 hours of fiddling with settings and re-installing drivers I got mine to register. If Windows is not set to automatically download device software, you can check for updates through Device Manager.
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When you connect an Xbox Wireless Controller to your Windows 8.1 or Windows 7 PC with a micro-USB cable, Windows will automatically download and install the drivers for the controller. It is my understanding that for use with Windows 7, a driver download will be necessary (unlike Windows 10, which natively supports the. ****EDIT**** Okay I just got mine to work.Īs a gift, I've purchased for my nephew an Xbox One Controller (for PC) to use as a wired controller on his Windows 7 PC. The controller also works fine on my friend's Windows 8 PC. The controller works, the cords work, I just can't figure out why it won't work with my PC. I have tried to uninstall the driver and plug it back in, tried uninstalling the 1.11 Kernel and User driver updates and reinstalling them, scanning for hardware changes, and a couple other things. I have no updates in Windows Update at all, and I cannot understand what the problem is. It will not install device drivers, when I plug it in it appears as 'controller' in my device manager, and it doesn't work in games at all. I bought an Xbox one controller for my PC, and it refuses to work at all.