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Zoolon · 09-23-2008, 09:03 PM

I got myself a wireless adapter to use an Xbox 360 controller with my gaming PC, and for awhile it was working well. then I had an issue with a freeware program that messed up my computer, causing me to reinstall a lot of software. unfortunately along the way my Xbox 360 controller didn't work with my computer. I got a wired Madcatz controller to see if that would work, but with no success.

From what I've gathered so far, I think it's an issue with the drivers. In the device manager window under human interfaces there should be something like "HID-compliant game controller", but this is absent no matter how many times I uninstall and reinstall the Microsoft Xbox 360 Accessories 1.1 software and restart my computer. the computer detects when both the wired controller and the wireless adapter are connected, but have a yellow exclamation point by them, and under the properties for that device it reads "Windows cannot initialize the device driver for this hardware. (Code 37)".

I have been using the add/remove programs feature to uninstall the software before reinstalling the software, and I have tried installing software from both the Microsoft website and from the disk that came with the wireless controller receiver. Am I doing something wrong? what can I do to get the necessary drivers to work for my controllers?

let me know if you need anymore information about my situation.

09-23-2008, 09:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
Zoolon Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP Home Edition 2002, service pack 2	Xbox 360 controller for windows; driver issues I got myself a wireless adapter to use an Xbox 360 controller with my gaming PC, and for awhile it was working well. then I had an issue with a freeware program that messed up my computer, causing me to reinstall a lot of software. unfortunately along the way my Xbox 360 controller didn't work with my computer. I got a wired Madcatz controller to see if that would work, but with no success. From what I've gathered so far, I think it's an issue with the drivers. In the device manager window under human interfaces there should be something like "HID-compliant game controller", but this is absent no matter how many times I uninstall and reinstall the Microsoft Xbox 360 Accessories 1.1 software and restart my computer. the computer detects when both the wired controller and the wireless adapter are connected, but have a yellow exclamation point by them, and under the properties for that device it reads "Windows cannot initialize the device driver for this hardware. (Code 37)". I have been using the add/remove programs feature to uninstall the software before reinstalling the software, and I have tried installing software from both the Microsoft website and from the disk that came with the wireless controller receiver. Am I doing something wrong? what can I do to get the necessary drivers to work for my controllers? let me know if you need anymore information about my situation.