X Box 360 Controller not working on Windows xp based CPU

[Guest]

i have an X Box 360 controller i have installed the program offered by
microsoft allowing it to run though windows xp....however windows still
doesnt recognize the hardware when i plug it in....i have read all the
articles that windows has to offer about this topic and i have found no
answers......i am working on a Windows XP Professional Dell Inspiron 2200
computer...the xbox 360 controller is a wireless controller what came with
the xbox 360...the wire used to hook it into the USB is a charge and play
wire that hooks into the top port of a xbox 360 wireless controller and into
the USB of the xb360 or computer.....any help is much appreciated

 

[paulmd]

i have an X Box 360 controller i have installed the program offered by
microsoft allowing it to run though windows xp....however windows still
doesnt recognize the hardware when i plug it in....i have read all the
articles that windows has to offer about this topic and i have found no
answers......i am working on a Windows XP Professional Dell Inspiron 2200
computer...the xbox 360 controller is a wireless controller what came with
the xbox 360...the wire used to hook it into the USB is a charge and play
wire that hooks into the top port of a xbox 360 wireless controller and into
the USB of the xb360 or computer.....any help is much appreciated

Do you have service pack 2?

 

[Jason Tsang]

The wireless Xbox 360 controller is not supported on Windows XP PCs (only
the wired version is supported).