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

Xbox 360 Controller for Windows is a Xna Composite device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Microsoft. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_045E&PID_02A1; 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 3.0 dated 2010-10-20 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is running please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and restart your computer 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 digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Driver file size: 1444907 bytes (1.38 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 5 stars by 1280 users.
This driver is fully compatible with 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 use DriverMax to install Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows driver

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and push 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 on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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