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. This Windows driver was developed by Microsoft. USB/VID_0E6F&PID_0213 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. How to 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 administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty 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 fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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Microsoft applied a digital signature to this driver.
Driver file size: 1444907 bytes (1.38 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.6 stars out of 1332 votes.
This driver is 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 install Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows driver using DriverMax

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 using DriverMax? Let's see!

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 detected 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. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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