Xbox 360 Controller plugged to USB with "Play and Charge Kit" does not work

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Hello, i've Windows 7 as O.S, and i'm having some problems with my Xbox 360 controllers. When i've bought the play and charge kit for my xbox 360 controller, i heard that it was possible to connect it to te pc in order to play with games for windows live. So, i've started to look for drivers, and i found them in microsoft's hardware official site. I've installed them, then i've restarted my p.c, i plugged in the USB, WIndows recognized the hardware. I thought it was alright. But, even if the hadrware has been recongnized, it doest work. Then I've discovered that "Xbox 360 Accesories 1.2" does't recognize the hardware, and it is not recognized as a gaming Hardware, but as a generic Hadrware. at that point i've gived up! I've surfed in the internet, trying to find somethig or somemone able to help me, but it was useless. Now i hope you'll be able to solve my problem!

P.S: I've alredy tried to change controller, to change USB port, to change cable, to uninstall and repeat the driver's installation...

Hope i've been clear, and sorry for my bad english!

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Hello TheRick.

Unfortunately this won't work. The Play and Charge kit only connects up to the actual battery. The controller still connects over wireless.

You'd need either a wired Xbox 360 controller, or a Xbox 360 Wireless Gaming Receiver which will connect to your existing wireless controller.

Paul Smith - MVP for Windows Desktop Experience... I've crawled off NNTP - for now. Posting from Aldershot, UK. On the internet at windowsresource.net and dasmirnov.net. Please post back letting us know what works and what doesn't. :-)

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Anonymous

2015-10-10T07:26:48+00:00

Unfortunately i am having the same problem please Microsoft fix this issue
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Anonymous

2016-07-05T22:39:35+00:00

Yeah dude, I feel you and have the same problem and feel the same moral obligation. But the fact remains that I want to play Witcher 3 on my PC and I want to use game controller rather than mouse and kayboard. So... moral obligation or not, I have to buy the receiver or wired controller, and that's that.
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Anonymous

2016-12-02T18:14:41+00:00

:-( I was hoping to do multiplayer on a game on my PC with my bro. We only have 1 wired and 2 wireless and 1 play and charge kit. But good answer anyway!
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Anonymous

2017-02-15T09:26:11+00:00

Obvious money grab if my 360 Wireless Controller won't work like a wired controller when plugged in via the cable to Win 10 PC.

My solution will be to NOT buy a Microsoft product as a controller.

I basically have a useless xBox 360 and not even the controllers can be recycled/reused. Yay environment!

So much for Rocket League on the PC. Back to the PS4.

Has nobody hacked up a driver for this yet?

And calling the PC version of the Controller an xBox 360 controller just adds to confusion.
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