If you haven’t been able to find 64 bit Vista drivers for the Xbox 360 Controller you can download them here I randomly came across them on the Microsoft Gaming Software site – they aren’t available on the normal Microsoft Downloads site.
Note: connecting a wireless controller to a PC via a Play and Charge cable will not allow you to use it as a controller – it will only charge it. In order to use a 360 Wireless controller in Windows you need a Wireless Gaming Receiver
Wow, Thanks a million!
I suppose it wouldn’t be a Microsoft product if it you didn’t have to go through hell to get it to work…
Your xbox controller driver did not install says setup damaged
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ross, 1. it’s not HIS driver it’s microsofts. 2. download it again it was probably a bad download.
But it says it is an Xbox 360 accessory
I have the wireless gaming receiver, and i’ve installed the driver. If i attempt to connect the controller to the gaming receiver it just makes the ring on the controller go on and off repeatedly for hours. Help?
are you pressing the wirelless button on the receiver then when flashing press the wifi button located at the top of the 360 controller? should then sync
@ Preston
Your issue sounds like your receiver isn’t getting enough power. I had the same issue before. I had it plugged into a USB hub. Try plugging the receiver directly into the back of your computer.
Its not really a power issue in my experience, I went through all those problems and its not power related, I found that the wireless xbox receiver for PC conflicts with a lot of keyboards and Mice for some obscure reason, only way I could get around the problem was to start the PC with keyboard and mouse unplugged and once at the login screen, reconnect them both to enter your login pw and it works fine after that.
That said I originally had it working perfectly by chance, I just rebooted the system a few times when it was playing up and suddenly it just stopped causing my keyboard and mouse to lockup, but I tried getting that to work again and no luck second time around.
Another thing that works is installing your Operating System from boot CD with all your USB devices connected in particular any gaming stuff or input devices like mouse and keyboard, that way windows seems to configure everything properly and doesn’t conflict with those devices later when you decide to add the wireless xbox reciever, so that is an option for when you format next obviously, unless you’re losing sleep over it
then do it now!
P.S. I can’t vouch for other mothboards and their usb power issues which may also be causing the same problem, though it seems unlikely to be that, I think people are having success with the addition of a powered usb hub to run the wireless controller not for the fact its got a dedicated power supply, but because it is just a whole new usb hub seperate from conflicts with the other motherboard based hubs. Another thing I also found out and worked is if you run a razer mouse or another type of mouse that increases the usb polling rate, the inclusion of the wireless xbox receiver causes the mouse to lock up, I have a razer mouse set at 1000hz polling rate, after installing the wireless xbox I had to bring it back to 125 default rate to get it working together. I later reinstalled the OS and funnily I can run it at 1000hz again with everything connected, as I had it all connected on OS install so no conflicts were created. As far as my razer keyboard goes, it wouldn’t work prior to reinstalling OS with the xbox thingy connected but does now, so I just used a PS2 keyboard for the time being. I highly recommend hooking everything up to the system and just restarting it a few times, as sometimes it just decides to work again and it stays that way, use the ps2 keyboard and/or mouse to operate it when the usb based ones don’t work.
Good luck, and yes I also spent hours and hours mucking around with this M$ BS, If only we could charge them for the time we spend and waste for their fk ups they would be paying us to use their software.
Thank you very much, kind sir! =)
thank you. google search turned up this post.
silly microsoft not publicizing their own drivers!
thx
works perfect
i downloaded the file but when i try to open it, it tells me that their are files missing or damaged
Thank you so much, this is impossible to find otherwise.
Thanks alot! I have been searching for days lol.
do you really need the wireless gaming receiver? ps3 controllers doesnt but it is more of a b**** to set up on 64 bit
i know for the plain non wireless controller you dont need it just plug and play with the drivers
when i go to open call of duty it wont let me do anything with the controller
thanks so much! couldnt find it anywhere!
Thanks a ton, I couldn’t find this anywhere!!!
Thanks a million
i got axbox 36 wirless controller and i jus brought a xbox 360 play and charge kit it says red but not green i need the drivers for the play and charge kit drivers can you help me
WHoa…
Thank you,
Thank you…
and THANK YOU!!!
I can’t belive how hard it was to find this, why don’t Micropain put this in their downloads section! They’d rather have viva pinata videos…. than this… oh well.
Thank you John ! ! !
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I went to download the file and I found out that it said download failed because there’s a later addition already installed!
I know I had installed it once before but I saw that this file was larger than the previous file,I guess that doesn’t mean much! And also I got the download from the Microsoft website! Installed like a champ!
I have the same problem as Bryan has. FILE MISSING OR DAMAGED!!!!!!!