Microsoft Kinect for Windows Camera - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

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. Install Microsoft Kinect for Windows Camera driver manually

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. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started please accept 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 pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze 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. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed.
File size of the driver: 1714553 bytes (1.64 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.4 stars by 62264 users.
This driver was released 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install Microsoft Kinect for Windows Camera driver

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install 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 using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Microsoft Kinect for Windows Camera driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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