Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows driver download and installation

Xbox 360 Controller for Windows is a Xna Composite hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Microsoft. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is USB/VID_1430&PID_F801.

1. Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows - install the driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows driver. The archive contains version 3.0 released on 2010-10-20 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started please confirm the installation 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 quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your computer 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 Microsoft.
Driver file size: 1444907 bytes (1.38 MB)
Driver rating 4.7 stars out of 1211 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 use DriverMax to install Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows driver

The most important 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 with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and click 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 available driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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