Connecting Xbox One Wireless Controller to Windows 7 PC?

[Jesse]

Hi.

I recently bought an Xbox One Wireless Controller, along with the accompanying xbox wireless adapter, to use with my PC, which is running Windows 7.

Apparently, the drivers are supposed to auto install when the adapter is connected, but the second I connect the adapter they fail to install. I have also tried downloading and installing them manually but that doesn't work either. The same thing happens with the controller drivers if I connect the controller directly to the PC with a USB cable. Which is beyond frustrating. Pretty much every post about troubleshooting this controller online pertains to Windows 10, so that doesn't help either.

Upon further inspection, the adapter is the "Wireless Adapter for Windows 10". So maybe that's why this isn't working? Is there a way that can work on a Windows 7 PC? And if not is there an adapter for Windows 7?

[Snow]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Jesse:

Pretty much every post about troubleshooting this controller online pertains to Windows 10, so that doesn't help either.

Actually - it does help, as it's the only solution afaik. May I ask, what's wrong with just installing Win10?

[Jesse]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Snow:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Jesse:

Pretty much every post about troubleshooting this controller online pertains to Windows 10, so that doesn't help either.

Actually - it does help, as it's the only solution afaik. May I ask, what's wrong with just installing Win10?

My bios doesn't support it, and I prefer Windows 7. There's no adapter out there that would work with Windows 7?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

This adapter > https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0785SFKYF
only works for Win10, which you should be on by now anyways, no real excuse by now.

If you want it to work wireless on Win7/8 then you need the older adapter > https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CJ6GVM8

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Jesse:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Snow:

Actually - it does help, as it's the only solution afaik. May I ask, what's wrong with just installing Win10?

My bios doesn't support it, and I prefer Windows 7. There's no adapter out there that would work with Windows 7?

Doesn't support what? Pretty much every motherboard since lga775 supports Win10 with the exception of many of the Nvidia nforce ones due to lack of gpu support

[Snow]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Jesse:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Snow:

Actually - it does help, as it's the only solution afaik. May I ask, what's wrong with just installing Win10?

My bios doesn't support it

BIOS doesn't have to, it has basically nothing to do with OS installed.

[Jesse]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Bad 💀 Motha:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Jesse:

My bios doesn't support it, and I prefer Windows 7. There's no adapter out there that would work with Windows 7?

Doesn't support what? Pretty much every motherboard since lga775 supports Win10 with the exception of many of the Nvidia nforce ones due to lack of gpu support

I have an Alienware Aurora R3 (with most of the components having been upgraded over time) and I've done a ton of research on this and installing Windows 10 on it is complicated as hell. I tried doing it once but there were tons of issues.

[SenMithrarin85]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Bad 💀 Motha:

This adapter > https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0785SFKYF
only works for Win10, which you should be on by now anyways, no real excuse by now.

If you want it to work wireless on Win7/8 then you need the older adapter > https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CJ6GVM8

plenty of reasons lol. relative of mine has a laptop which was purchased around 2009 or so which despite being in full working order and still capable performance-wise for his needs, will be completely useless once 7 support ends due to no compatible display drivers for the ati mobility radeon gpu inside it for windows 10. As you very likely well know, amd even pulled 8.1 support which will still have support from ms past windows 7's window.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

A laptop that old is useless except for very basic stuff anyways. It would be fine to just keep Win7 on that until the laptop dies or gets replaced.

As for that Alienware it's not hard, you make your own Win10 64bit usb flash drive media installer and do a clean install. You get your drivers from Intel, Nvidia, etc. and it wouldn't be an issue