Driver for Microsoft Kinect for Windows Camera - downloading and installing it

Kinect for Windows Camera is a Kinect for Windows 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_045E&PID_02AE.

1. Manually install Microsoft Kinect for Windows Camera driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Microsoft Kinect for Windows Camera driver. The archive contains version 1.6.0.476 dated 2012-08-27 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is started please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your computer and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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Microsoft applied a digital signature to this driver.
File size of the driver: 1714553 bytes (1.64 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 5 stars by 40777 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Microsoft Kinect for Windows Camera driver

The 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. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and 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 Kinect for Windows Camera driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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