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| If you purchased a Xbox Wireless Receiver for Windows and are wondering how to use it on Windows 7 or 8.x, this guide will show you how to install the drivers. Since Microsoft is aggressively pushing Windows 10 (despite many users not wanting it or waiting), problems like this will come up. | | Since Microsoft wants to make this as hard as possible for Windows 7* or 8.x** users, this guide will show you how to manually install the driver and get it working. '''***''IMPORTANT: While my screenshots show Windows 7, it is no longer supported as of 1/14/2020.'''''*** | | '''***''*READ*IMPORTANT: WINDOWS EOL NOTICES**[br]
*AS OF 1/14/2020, WINDOWS 7 IS END OF LIFE. As such IThe author personally will not support users with it anymoreWindows 7 systems. However this method can still be used on these systems.'''''*** | | '''***''**2023 Win8 EOL warning: As of 1/10/2023, Windows 8.1 is alsowill be end of life. As of 12/14/2021, I will no longer be making direct cutoff decisions later on. Once EOL comes around forsupporting Windows 8.1 users. However, for the time being I will do my best to keep this guide reasonably current - until 1/1/2023 at which point I will be consideredconsider this guide “Legacyobsolete” and everyone is on their own. [br]
It will remain up for the forseeable future (even after EOL for Win7 and 8.x), but no more questionsrevisions will no longer be answeredmade after 1/1/2023.'''''*** | | | == Guide notes == | | * In most cases, the receiver will pick up the driver correctly, but needs encouragement. However, I have included manual installation instructions for situations where this does not happen. | * '''***''Windows 10 users: Refer to the [guide|103157|Windows 10 guide].'''''*** |
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