[RESOLVED] XBOX One Wireless Controller Adapter (Windows 7) Issues and Problems

[xtenthousandnightsx]

I've probably searched forums and how-to guides for about 12-18 hours total over the last week, pulling my hair out trying to solve this. I've tried everything from uninstalling drivers (which were rejected at first because auto-update won't accept the drivers because they aren't digitally-signed) which brought me to the "bcdedit" method, which ended up doing nothing for me. Downloaded the drivers from the Windows Update Catalog - no good.

The Adapter itself installed just fine, it's in my devices as "XBOX ACC" and in Device Manager as "Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows"

The Adapter is actually capable of pairing with the controller just fine, but it's not usable in any form. It simply connects and is recognized as "Unknown Device" under Human Device Interfaces in Device Manager. When I click on the "Unknown Device" it looks like it's recognized as the controller somewhat, but obviously something is missing here, or perhaps an incorrect driver is installed. When I try to manually install the correct driver, it comes up as "XHID game controller" but then reverts back to "Unknown Device". I am unsure how to roll back whatever drivers it's digging from and remove their presence, or even registry entirely and start fresh. System Restore was a joke, it did nothing.

Windows 7 is up to date, I tried Windows Update as well.

I know I'm missing something very crucial here but I can't for the life of me figure it out and I think I may have a unique situation. It works with the micro-USB, of course, which everyone's been reporting similarly, but having already shelled out the money for the adapter and an Eneloop charge kit, I'd like to make the most of this purchase.

Update 1 (6/2/2016) :

I got the computer to recognize the controller by assigning it as "hid-compliant game controller" but it will only work with things like emulators or MUGEN. It currently does not work for any Steam game. When I try to assign it as "xinput compatible HID device" it gives me an error and says that the driver is not intended for this platform, which puzzles me because other people have had success with it on Windows 7. This is progress at least, I guess. Updating drivers has been a nightmare and it won't seem to replace the old ones when I try to reinstall, it keeps giving me the same error. Is there anything I should be doing with the registry keys for that device to remedy this?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

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https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=xbox%20one

[Naraus]

Read the box that your adapter came in, it will say "Windows 10 Only".
Yes there will be forums with people saying their adapter works fine on windows 7 and that is because they have an older adapter, the new adapter is windows 10 only.

[DonJuanDoja]

I was gonna say if you have an old 360 adapter I think those work on Win 7 with xbone controller. I have both adapters but I'm on 10 now.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Автор сообщения: DonJuanDoja

I was gonna say if you have an old 360 adapter I think those work on Win 7 with xbone controller. I have both adapters but I'm on 10 now.

No, the 360 usb wireless adapter can not work with XBO controllers.

[Enoch Root]

Just got an xbox one wireless controller and usb adapater today since my wired controller finally died. Got it working on Windows 7 x64 out of the box with a usb cable.

To get the wireless to work I installed all the optional updates that windows update had queued up since they weren't set to automatically install. Then windows said the driver wasn't signed, so I followed the steps here:

https://www.techspot.com/community/topics/how-to-install-use-unsigned-drivers-in-windows-vista-7-x64.127187/

in order to get windows to use the drivers shown in this pic:

http://s33.postimg.org/qxboizo6n/un3.png

Wireless on Windows 7 works great now.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

You just get the drivers from here:
https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=xbox%20one
and manually change to that in device manager; very simple.

[MarioNeo]

Автор сообщения: Enoch Root

Just got an xbox one wireless controller and usb adapater today since my wired controller finally died. Got it working on Windows 7 x64 out of the box with a usb cable.

To get the wireless to work I installed all the optional updates that windows update had queued up since they weren't set to automatically install. Then windows said the driver wasn't signed, so I followed the steps here:

https://www.techspot.com/community/topics/how-to-install-use-unsigned-drivers-in-windows-vista-7-x64.127187/

in order to get windows to use the drivers shown in this pic:

http://s33.postimg.org/qxboizo6n/un3.png

Wireless on Windows 7 works great now.

Hey Enoch,

I too can confirm I have the Xbox One Wireless Controller working wirelessly on Win7-x64.

I'm using the "Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows 10"

The problem is I can't get audio through the on-board audio jack on the controller.

Are you getting audio?

I can get audio when testing on a Win10 machine.

My Xbox Wireless Adapter For Windows device is under Network Adapters.

Driver Provider: Microsoft
Driver Date: 1/1/2015
Driver Version: 6.3.9600.16384

It includes three driver files with unknown providers:

FW_ACC_00U.bin
mt7612US.sys
xboxgip.sys

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Audio can't work through the XBO Controller on PC

[LiveOnYT at I AM ADEPT]

Okay, after reading all these posts and watching these videos I'm still having an issue.

I have Win7 64 Bit SP1 (With platform update)

I was using Jolt's video in-order to play wireless with my Xbox One controller.
His method requires you to enable/disable windows testsigning so that you can use unsigned drivers.

However, recently I've started playing Fortnite and Pubg, both of which use BattleEye and Battleye will not run/launch these games while those settings are applied.

So anytime I wanna use my wireless controller to play games like Rocket League, I have to switch testsigning on/off and restart my computer, when I want to play Pubg or Fort, I have to switch it back and restart again.

That is getting really, really annoying.

I uninstalled all my controller drivers, deleted the unsigned ones. Followed the steps in this thread. Made sure windows updates were turned on, installed all optional updates, everything is up to date.

Restarted, plugged in my controller with no batteries, it auto-detected and downloaded drivers. Said everything is good to go. Works in game. Under device manager it shows up as Xbox Peripherals (Legacy)

When I unplug my controller and put the batteries in, and try turn it on wirelessly, it shows up under Human Interface Devices, they connect but it doesn't actually work in any of the games.

Any ideas on how to get it to work wirelessly? It's the whole reason I bought a wireless controller...I don't want to have to use it wired :(

[pleaseNthanksツ]

mine has worked fine for years wireless, untill today when winupdate came.. now it dosen't work
Windows 7 ( 64bit )

I seriously hate windows and their stupid useless updates, always screwing things up for me

[Enas]

Автор сообщения: Filthy.Casual

mine has worked fine for years wireless, untill today when winupdate came.. now it dosen't work
Windows 7 ( 64bit )

I seriously hate windows and their stupid useless updates, always screwing things up for me

Same thing happened to me with an update last night, were you able to fix it?

[JonC]

Автор сообщения: Sleeper Agent Cormack

Автор сообщения: Filthy.Casual

mine has worked fine for years wireless, untill today when winupdate came.. now it dosen't work
Windows 7 ( 64bit )

I seriously hate windows and their stupid useless updates, always screwing things up for me

Same thing happened to me with an update last night, were you able to fix it?

aand same for me. it's good to know I'm not alone :)

[Nocturnus]

Автор сообщения: JonC

Автор сообщения: Sleeper Agent Cormack

Same thing happened to me with an update last night, were you able to fix it?

aand same for me. it's good to know I'm not alone :)

Same....

[Perlyte]

Автор сообщения: Nocturnus

Автор сообщения: JonC

aand same for me. it's good to know I'm not alone :)

Same....

I'm starting to think Microsoft is doing this on purpose to force people to "upgrade" to Windows 10. The driver for Windows 7 is no longer available from Microsoft, and this is the second time an update has broken my Xinput compatible HID device. Please let me know if you find a solution, as reinstalling the driver does not solve the problem.

[Nocturnus]

I think I solved it.

The problem seems to be that the drivers are not digitally signed. Hasn't been an issue until now... but that's the way it is now, it seems.


What I did was to follow the instructions of the link Enoch Root posted above:

Автор сообщения: Enoch Root

https://www.techspot.com/community/topics/how-to-install-use-unsigned-drivers-in-windows-vista-7-x64.127187/

Just follow the steps of 'Solution number 2'.