Aug 1, 2011 - I have a game controller installed in Windows 7 Game Controllers. Method 2: You can also try to remove the drivers from the device manager. DL original W7 x64 friver from M$ site (on 8.1, 10 skip this step - driver already embedded), start install, when Win say that @cant find driver, go to device manager, click on Unknown device, Update drivers. _search on this PC_ choose from list already installed, Common Controller (Microsoft) for Windows classes, Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver.
Description: This article will show how to uninstall and then reinstall drivers in Windows 10, which may fix problems with devices that are not working as intended..
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- Open the Device Manager by holding down the Windows Key and pressing the X Key on your keyboard. A menu will appear in the lower left corner of your screen. Choose Device Manager.
- Once the Device Manager is opened it will populate a list of devices installed on your system. Click on the arrow next to the driver you are wanting to reinstall (for example, Sound, video and game controllers) to expand the list.
- Once the arrow has been expanded, right-click on the specific driver that you want to reinstall and then choose Uninstall.
- A Confirm Device Uninstall window will appear. If there is an option to delete driver software, leave the option unchecked. This will allow Windows to reinstall the device driver upon restart.
- To finish the reinstall of the driver, restart the computer. Once the computer restarts, there may be a message in the lower right corner of the screen that says Installing device driver software. Shortly after, another message may appear stating that it has been installed successfully. You can also verify that the driver has been reinstalled by reopening the device manager and clicking the appropriate driver category where it will show the device that was just uninstalled and reinstalled.