Microsoft Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller is a USB human interface device class device. This driver was developed by Microsoft. USB/VID_045E&PID_028E is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Microsoft Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller driver - how to install it manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Microsoft Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller driver. The archive contains version 6.1.7600.16385 dated 2010-04-03 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed by Microsoft.
Size of this driver: 194648 bytes (190.09 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.6 stars out of 29082 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Microsoft Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller driver

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~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 find the Microsoft Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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