Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows how to download and install the driver

Xbox 360 Controller for Windows is a Xna Composite device. This Windows driver was developed by Microsoft. The hardware id of this driver is USB/Vid_045E&Pid_028E; this string has to match your hardware.

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

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows driver. The archive contains version 2.1.0.1011 dated 2007-08-28 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started 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 pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is not digitally signed.
Download size of the driver: 1414786 bytes (1.35 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 3.8 stars by 53022 users.
This driver was released 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. How to use DriverMax to install Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows driver

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

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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