Driver for Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows - downloading and installing it

Xbox 360 Controller for Windows is a Xna Composite device. This 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_02A0.

1. Manually install Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows driver. The archive contains version 3.0 dated 2010-10-20 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is started please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze 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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This driver is digitally signed.
The file size of this driver is 1444907 bytes (1.38 MB)
Driver rating 4.2 stars out of 41178 votes.
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. Using DriverMax to install Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows driver

The 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 take a look!

1. Start 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 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 all, the driver is now installed!
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