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

Xbox 360 Controller for Windows is a Xna Composite hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Microsoft. The hardware id of this driver is USB/MS_COMP_XUSB10.

1. Manually install Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows driver

1. Download the setup file for Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 2.1.0.1349 dated 2009-08-13.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Microsoft applied a digital signature to this driver.
The file size of this driver is 1175055 bytes (1.12 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 5 stars out of 41605 votes.
This driver will work for 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. Installing the Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The 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. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and push 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 detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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