Microsoft Xbox One Controller - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Xbox One Controller is a XboxComposite hardware device. The developer of this driver was Microsoft. USB/VID_045E&PID_02D1 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Install Microsoft Xbox One Controller driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the Microsoft Xbox One Controller driver. The archive contains version 10.0.19041.1 released on 2019-12-06 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 (UAC) is running 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 PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes 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 not digitally signed.
The file size of this driver is 26589 bytes (25.97 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 3.9 stars out of 54877 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. Installing the Microsoft Xbox One Controller driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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 can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~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 detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Microsoft Xbox One Controller driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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