Wireless controller receiver on 8.1 - driver error 28

There is no controller driver to download for Windows 8 because the driver is already installed as part of the Operating System. This applies to both the Desktop version of Windows 8/8.1 and Windows 8/8.1RT for Windows Surface Tablets.

If you have a wired Xbox 360 controller, just plug it in, it will work straight away. For wireless controllers you still need a wireless gaming receiver. And yes, the receiver does work with Windows 8RT.

@SlightJeans3. The Xbox 360 controller both wired and wireless (with a gaming receiver for the wireless pad) are compatible and work fine in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. There is no driver to download for Windows 8 as the driver is already installed and ready
to go for Windows 8 PC's and surface tablet devices.

I've been using mine this week to play the PC version of Skyrim. Not only that, but in the coming weeks the Xbox One controller will also be supported for Windows.

Hello,

The play and charge only charges the controller, it can not turn a wireless Xbox 360 controller into a wired controller. To use a wireless controller, you will need a Wireless Gaming receiver. However, Microsoft no longer makes these devices. All the ones
being sold on the likes of websites such as eBay and Amazon are third party. They do work, but you may need to do the setup manually. If you run into issues, bookmark this

link. The link is for Windows 7, however the same procedure should work for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1

The play and charge driver that was installed, just allows the controller to sync automatically with the receiver if you connect it up via the charging USB cable. It doesn't do anything else. Other than that, you could buy a wired controller.

In Windows 8.1 (and perhaps 8) Xbox 360 wireless receiver is one of the devices you can select; i.e. the driver is built-in. Select it and your eBay purchase should start working

@MrJamesMoore

Same question here, i was just at the local GameStop and they sold me an Xbox One Controller and told me that it was easy to configure wirelessly. This is not the case or am i missing something. with the release of the drivers, the controller works great
wired for all games on Windows 8.1 x64. Is there a special receiver i need to buy or is this restricted to wireless only on an Xbox One system?