xbox one controller not downloading drivers on windows 8.1

When i plug my controller in it vibrates and starts installing driver software, but fails after. when i look in device manager, it just displays as controller under unknown devices. has anyone else had to deal with this problem? is there a fix?

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Controller Drivers

Hi,

There are two versions of the Xbox One controller drivers for Windows 8.1, one for 64-bit Windows versions and one for 32-bit versions (sometimes know as X86). These used to be available on the Microsoft website, but not anymore.

Microsoft haven't removed these drivers, they only removed the ability to download them via the Microsoft website. They only way to download the Xbox One Controller driver for Windows 8.1 is via Windows Update. Normally, the drivers for an Xbox One controller
should download automatically once the controller is connected via a Micro USB cable.

Windows 8.1 and Windows 7

When you connect an Xbox Wireless Controller to your Windows 8.1 or Windows 7 PC with a micro-USB cable, Windows will automatically download and install the drivers for the controller. If Windows is not
set to automatically download device software, you can check for updates through Device Manager.

Update drivers through Device Manager

Here’s how to check for updates manually in the Device Manager:

1. Point to the lower-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer up, and then select
   Search.
2. Enter Device Manager in the search box, and then select
   Device Manager.
   
   Note Windows may ask you for an administrator password or to confirm your choice.
   
3. Locate and expand Microsoft Xbox One Controller.
4. Right-click the expanded Microsoft Xbox One Controller and select
   Update Driver Software.
5. Select Search Automatically for Updated Software.

 

Noob question for all Xbox elite controller owning people.

Actually you can manually download the drivers for windows 7 and 8/8.1.

 

J'ai le même problème que toi, le pilote ne s'installe pas que ce soit automatiquement ou bien en manuel via le gestionnaire de périphérique.

 

also, the light doesnt even turn on when i plug it in to the computer. come on microsoft, you're reeeaally *** the bed right now

 

Found this buried in another thread and resolved my issue!!!

I had similar issues to those in this thread, I've actually fixed my mt7612us bluescreen (bsod) on Windows 8.1 Pro x64. I'm posting this here in the hopes I can help at least one person.

In Device Manager I used the uninstall option on the Xbox Wireless Adapter drive, then pulled the adapter out of the USB port and restarted my computer. I then went to the MediaTek website, www.mediatek.com/.../downloads

Download the MT7612U driver it's the top option. You'll need supply some data to download. Run the setup program, it will place the latest MT7612U drivers onto your computer, after installation restart the computer.

After this, go to the link provided Microsoft Update Catalog and download the Wireless Adapter driver, Generic Controller - Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows driver. The 1.8mb archive is for 64bit (the file
itself is labelled AMD64) and the 1.7mb archive is for 32bit. Extract the driver to a folder.

Go to Device Manager and insert your Xbox Wireless Adapter, find it under Network Adapters. Right click it and select update driver software. Point it to the folder where you extracted the Wireless Adapter driver.

This fixed it for me and it's working great. The vibration feature works too, best of all no bluescreens. Really do hope I've helped rather than just taking up space.