Xbox One Wireless Adapter Win 8.1

[Brotorias]

I cannot, for the life of me, get this bloody wireless adapter working. I have tried it in several different USB ports. It will not find the drivers automatically when I search for them through the device manager. I have downloaded some from Microsoft's update catalog, but when I browse to them, those don't work either. How the hell do you get this thing working with Windows 8.1? It shouldn't be this hard...

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Remove adapter and batteries, connect the controller via USB Cable first.
MicroUSB to USB Cable (with Data Sync)

[Brotorias]

Originally posted by Bad-Motha:

Remove adapter and batteries, connect the controller via USB Cable first.
MicroUSB to USB Cable (with Data Sync)

Then what? The controller has worked fine when connected with a USB cable. The adapter just isn't working. It's still listed under other devices, won't find it's driver or accept the ones I've downloaded, and the light never comes one when I hit the button on the dongle to pair it becuase it has no driver and isn't working.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Ok then disconnect Controller; don't turn it on yet.
Connect Wireless Adapter, click Windows Updates > Check for Updates
It should get that from there, then reboot. Check the Device Manager

[Brotorias]

Originally posted by Bad-Motha:

Ok then disconnect Controller; don't turn it on yet.
Connect Wireless Adapter, click Windows Updates > Check for Updates
It should get that from there, then reboot. Check the Device Manager

It just popped up in windows update finally. I dont' know why that worked, but it seemed to kick its ass into gear. Thank you for helping.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Sometimes your OS can maybe need multiple updates.
The update you got before was probably what was needed so it could them use/grab the controller drivers (i know, updates, reboot, updates)

Best bet for the Microsoft Controllers (or other compatible 360/One Controller types; like Razer for example), is going to Windows Updates > click Check for Updates. Finds update, installs, reboots... then manually do check for updates again just to be sure.

Once your Wireless Adapter is installed properly, now power on the Controller and go through the "connect / pairing" between Receiver and Controller. Once paired the Controller will show as the actual Controller device and can now be configured if needed. When powered off, the Wireless Receiver will keep the Controller alive on the system; so unlike a Wired Controller; the Wireless one can be turned off in-game and it should not disappear or cause issues (like when disconnecting a wired controller in-game) since your wireless receiver is acting as a place holder for your controller when it is powered off, or batteries die mid-game for example.

Generally best to avoid Windows Updates for Drivers; but for Microsoft Hardware it shouldn't be an issue, and Microsoft won't be releasing these controller driver updates via any other methods.