Locate Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows in the Network adapters section. Click Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows to bring up the Properties window. Click on the Driver tab. On the Driver tab, click the Uninstall button. On the confirmation window, check Delete the driver software for this device. GUIDE: Whoever has issues getting the driver for new Xbox One Wireless Controller Adapter for Windows 10 This guide is for people that can't get Win10 to automatically find the correct driver for their Wireless Adapter.
Download Microsoft Xbox One Controller Driver for Windows 64-bit. Your Xbox One controller needs to be connected to your PC through the micro USB cable for PC gaming. The Xbox One Wireless. The Xbox One wireless adapter isn't supported in Linux, if I can use steam in home streaming from my Fedora laptop with the controller acting as a standard Bluetooth HID (worst case needing a custom driver written which is a monumentally easier task than writing support for WiFi direct) I'll be happy.
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After months of promises, Microsoft finally released Windows drivers for its Xbox One controller, allowing it to pull double duty as wired controller for PC gaming.
Unlike the Xbox 360 wireless controller, which required a separate dongle for PC use, all you need to use the Xbox One controller on PC is a standard Micro-USB cable. The wired connection provides the power, so you don’t even need batteries. Unfortunately, you can’t use the Xbox One controller wirelessly on a PC at this time.
Driver Installation
To set up the controller, head to Major Nelson’s blog and download the drivers for either a 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) machine. (If you’re unsure which file to grab, open Control Panel, type
About in the search bar and click System. Then, look under 'System Type.')
Open the file you just downloaded. Amusingly enough, Windows will show an 'unknown publisher' warning, even though the drivers are coming from Microsoft. Click Run in the box that pops up. You don’t have to plug in the controller to install the drivers.
A setup wizard should appear. Read and accept the license agreement, wait for the installation to finish, then click Finish.
Now, plug in your Xbox One controller. It may vibrate briefly, and you should see a 'driver software installed successfully' message on the System Tray.
At this point, you should be ready to play. Games that support Microsoft’s Xbox 360 controller should automatically recognize the Xbox One controller without any additional setup (with some exceptions described below).
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The biggest problem is that several of the games I tested would not recognize the controller, including Dark Souls II, Transistor and Eldritch. The controller did recognize several other games, including Dishonored, Super Meat Boy and Trials Evolution. Uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers did not help, so hopefully this is just a temporary issue that Microsoft and game developers can resolve through updates.
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Also, the first time I installed the driver, Windows 7 showed a 'Runtime Error' after plugging in the controller, followed by an 'XboxStat.exe has stopped working' error. The controller still worked, but the message was a nuisance. These messages went away after reinstalling the driver.
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Finally, keep in mind that plugging the controller into a PC will break its wireless connection to the Xbox One. You’ll have to plug the controller back into the console via USB to pair them again.
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