My issue was that when I was plugging in my XBox One controller in my Windows 7 PC, the error was popping up that the 'USB Device could not be identified.' Good job Microsoft.

This is a Xbox/Xbox360 gamepad driver for Linux that works in userspace. It is an alternative to the xpad kernel driver and has support for Xbox1 gamepads, Xbox360 USB gamepads and Xbox360 wireless gamepads, both first and third party. The Xbox360 guitar and some Xbox1 dancemats might work too. Many PC games let you play with an Xbox Wireless Controller instead of a keyboard or mouse. You can connect your controller to a Windows PC by using a USB cable, the Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows, or over Bluetooth. Some PCs also come with Xbox Wireless built in, so you can connect a controller directly without an adapter.

The sad thing about this is that on Windows 7, the drivers for the Xbox One Controllers specifically are supposed to download automatically when the device is plugged in. Obviously, since the Device Manager cannot identify the device in the first place, it doesn't know what drivers it needs to automatically download.

Unfortunately for all of us, the solution to manually download the drivers on the support website (http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-on-windows/accessories/connect-xbox-one-controller-to-pc) is, at the time of writing, obsolete.

The webpage instructs you to follow these instructions:

1. Navigate to the Xbox One Controller results page on the MicrosoftUpdate Catalog
2. Download the correct version of the driver for your operating system(64bit vs 32bit)
3. Extract the contents of the .cab into a file directory.
4. Right click on the xb1usb.inf file, click install, and click yes.

However, users will find that when doing 'Right Click/Install' on the 64bit version of the drivers that the method of installation is no longer supported in the file. It throws the following error:

The INF file you selected does not support this method of installation

Ramhound

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Instantly I wanted to do some dirty edits to the file to add the flags and lines required for it to be supported, however before I did something so absolutely and utterly stupid as to make manual edits to driver software without any knowledge whatsoever on the subject, I decided to take the device manager for a test run.

Here's what I did:

1. Load up Device Manager
2. Find the unidentified device on the list (will have a yellow errortriangle)
3. Click, 'update driver'
4. Click, 'browse my computer for driver software'
5. Click, 'let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer'
6. Then Click, 'Have Disk', and instead of selecting a disk drive,click browse
7. Find the IMF file that you downloaded from the Update Catalog,select it, and click Open.

The device drivers should install correctly now, and you'll be able to play your nerdy games with no dirty edits to the file.

On my Windows 7, my Xbox One controller works both, via USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 ports, however, the controller's icon will show up in the Devices and printers menu only when I connect it via the USB 3.0 port! Hopefully this will also work on your PC.

I know this question is almost a year old, but there is an easier way to get the drivers. Although Microsoft removed the standalone driver installers from their website, there are still archived versions thanks to the Wayback Machine. It's as simple as using the installer and restarting your PC.

32-bit: Download

64-bit: Download

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Hi,

What all suggestions have you tried, if you list them it would be helpful so that we do not repeat the same steps.

As of now you may try to connect the device to the computer and check if the device is getting detected in device manager.

To open device manager follow the link given below

Check if the device is listed under ‘Sound, video and game controllers’ or as ‘Unknown device’.

·If it is listed is there any yellow bang or a red cross against the device?

Method 1:

You might need to install the drivers manually

1.Right click on Computer

2.Go to Properties

3.Click on Device Manager

4.Right click on the Unidentified Device

5.Go to Properties

6.Go to the Drive tab

7.Click on Update Driver

8.Browse my computer for driver software

9.Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer

10.Windows Common Controller for Window Class

11.Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver for Windows Version: 2.1.0.1349 [8/13/2009]

12.Update Driver Warning

Original Xbox Controller Windows 10

13.Click Yes

Method 2:

If that does not help check if there are any updates made available for the device in Windows Update. Follow the link given below for more information on updating the drivers for a device.

Xbox 360 Controller Driver Windows 10

Update a driver for hardware that isn't working properly

Hope this information is helpful.

Xbox Original Usb Controller Driver Windows 7

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