Maintaining updated Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows software prevents crashes and maximizes hardware and system performance. Using outdated or corrupt Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows drivers can cause system errors, crashes, and cause your computer or hardware to fail. Xbox One Controller PC Drivers Are Now Out For Download, Courtesy of Major Nelson, so fire up those controllers and play some games! To connect their Xbox Controllers to a Windows 7 / 8 device.
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[Driver links at bottom of post]
I got a PDP wired Xbox One controller as a gift recently and upon trying to use it with my temporary Windows 7 PC, I noticed no drivers were installing. Upon looking around Microsoft's site, I found no driver results. Many sources say that Xbox One controllers can't be used on anything older than Windows 10, which I knew wasn't true.
Eventually I found links to the old drivers on Major Nelson's site, but to my dismay, they returned a 404. So I decided to check on archive.org to see if they were archived, and sure enough, they were! They're definitely not easy for find for Windows 7 anymore, so I thought it might save someone else the trouble if I post them here.
Here are the download links:
32-bit:
Microsoft Xbox One Controller Driver Windows 7 Download Free
64-bit:
Hope this can help someone someday.