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.
Since your USB Hub also has its own driver installed, this could affect your Windows 10 to detect the driver of your Xbox One controller. It is possible that your Windows 10 is detecting your USB Hub driver as the driver for the Xbox One controller. Due to this condition, it also affects you to use the button mapping on the Xbox Accessories app. Uninstall the Driver and Reconnect the Controller; Update the Driver Using Driver Easy (Recommended) Method 1: Uninstall the Driver and Reconnect the Controller. Uninstall the current installed driver in your computer then reconnect the Xbox One Controller. This is to allow Windows to reinstall the driver. Then you can update the driver again. Jun 6, 2014 - Here's how to download Microsoft's recently released Windows drivers for its Xbox One controller. Now the device can pull double duty as. These are official drivers which allow an Xbox One Controller to be installed and used with a Windows PC The new PC drivers will enable the Xbox One controller to be used with any game that featured gamepad support for the Xbox 360 controller. Xbox one controller free download - XBOX 360 Controller For Windows, Xbox 360 Controller, Xbox, and many more programs. Xbox 360 games, mouse jiggler, xbox 360 controller driver.
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:
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
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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:
Xbox 360 Controller Driver Download
Xbox One Controller Software Download
The device drivers should install correctly now, and you'll be able to play your nerdy games with no dirty edits to the file.
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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.
BobiBobi
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
Xbox One Controller Driver Manual Download
64-bit: Download
Pdp Xbox One Controller Driver Download
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