XB360 controller to work on XP

[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

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

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

Not absolutely sure, but I think you need the Windows Media Center OS, which
is based on Windows XP Pro to do what you want.

 

[Jason Tsang]

That is not true.

The wired Xbox 360 controller should work on any Windows XP SKU (once you
install the driver).
The wireless Xbox 360 controller will not work on a computer...

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

That is not true.

The wired Xbox 360 controller should work on any Windows XP SKU (once you
install the driver).
The wireless Xbox 360 controller will not work on a computer...


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Thanks, Jason

I wasn't really sure about this.

 

[comster404]

um so why does the wireless controller with a usb wire not work? when
can we expect this support?

Jeff

 

[Chuck]

An opinion is that MS will not release driver software for this controller
and XP.

 

[Steve]

An opinion is that MS will not release driver software for this
controller and XP.

Microsoft may not release the drivers but you may find 3rd part drivers for
it. try searching google.


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