Driver for Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows - downloading and installing it

Xbox 360 Controller for Windows is a Xna Composite device. The developer of this driver was Microsoft. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_045E&PID_0291.

1. Manually install Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 3.0 released on 2010-10-20.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. 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 new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
File size of the driver: 1444907 bytes (1.38 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.3 stars out of 1262 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. How to install Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows driver using DriverMax

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in the easiest possible way 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 press on the yellow button named ~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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