Xbox One Wireless controller keeps disconnecting

Anonymous
2017-01-28T16:07:29+00:00

Hello.

I recently bought a Xbox One Wireless controller with the PC wireless adapter.

The problem is... after I logon into Windows 10 the controller connects fine ONE TIME, then, after turning it off and then turning it on again, the controller connects (light stay still) for about 1 or 2 seconds and then the controller turns off again, I even can use it in those 1 or 2 seconds, showing that it successfully connected, but then it disconnects. The problem is only solved after I logoff and login again into Windows (don't need to do a full reboot).

My wired Xbox 360 controller works like a charm. Why do the next gen controller of Microsoft doesn't work well with a system developed by the same company? When I google it, it's problems all around. And judging by the behavior, it's a driver problem, not hardware, cause if it was a defective unit a simple logoff-login wouldn't fix it (and lots of other people wouldn't have similar problems).

Thanks in advance.

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-07-24T04:56:07+00:00

    Same here, I`ve tried everything and nothing worked.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-08-12T22:58:09+00:00

    Can I just point out how ridiculous it is that MS doesn't seem to even acknowledge problems like this. Where is that commitment to gaming Mr. Spencer? And don't even get me started on how all MS replies on these forums are templates.... I get that you're overworked but if you're gonna respond like that, why even bother? No response would literally be more helpful...

    (It was Steam for me too)

    (The same conflict happens with the Oculus process running. Funnily enough, the Oculus package even includes a controller with one of these adapters, or at least it did at launch)

    Swear to God, the day I see a viable alternative to Windows, I'm jumping ship.... I would recommend the same to any reasonable gamer out there. MS' commitment to PC gaming starts and ends with the Windows Store.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-08-13T03:03:34+00:00

    Was steam and oculus for me too .... but 

    by any chance did you ever have a 360 wireless adapter hoooked up? Turns out despite being unplugged that adapter is kicking in and steam and oculus see it

    deleting my adapter from device manager SOLVED the problem.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-08-13T23:07:28+00:00

    That was exactly my cause too, I put it in my original post that I deleted the hidden xbox360 adaptor from device manager and hey presto!

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-08-15T02:23:10+00:00

    The steam shut down was my fix. 

    Here's the catch: I don't want to shut down steam every time I turn on my controller.

    So I looked in the steam settings.  I would have thought that unchecking all Big Picture Mode settings and trying to disable it would have helped, but I actually needed to enable the Xbox Controller box. 

    This, I presume, let's steam do it's thing "fully".  I really wish I could just completely disable steam's software from getting in the way, but we can't and likely won't; it's been over a year.

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