So, after a pain in the ass time, I was able to get it to work with some research and determination. This is long, and I wrote it very fast. If you message me, I can answer questions or update it. Here goes.
Uninstall ALL the old drivers you have for the Xbox 360 controller and remove the "unknown device" in the device manager too. (I assume you all have done this a hundred times by now like me) 2.Go to the Microsoft website and download the driver Windows 7 32 bit of 64 bit, depending on your OS.
Extract Xbox360_64Eng.exe (or the 32 bit file) to a folder (Winrar will work) and will come back to this in a moment.
Open your device Manager and find the "unknown device".
Go to Device Properties > Details tab > Hardware Ids properties and you find that yours is something different from USB\Vid_045E&Pid_0719 (this is the Microsoft branded adapter ours are likely not), this will be why Windows won't accept your device.
Take a note of the device ID number (something like 0291) this is so we can modify the driver in order for it to install.
Go back to where you extracted the Xbox360_64Eng.exe file and navigate to the driver file. Should be where you extracted it (default would be Xbox360_64Eng) then Xbox360 -- setup 64 -- files -- driver -- win7 like this image hereand locate the "xusb21.inf".
Right click the "xusb21.inf" and choose "OPEN WITH" and choose notepad.
All you need to do is replace ALL THE OCCURANCES of Pid_0719 with whatever yours is listed as (Pid_0291 in my case) and then save the file [Example:] (
https://imgur.com/TRmo4At) Old: %XUSB21.DeviceName%=CC_Install, USB\Vid_045E&Pid_0719 New: %XUSB21.DeviceName%=CC_Install, USB\Vid_045E&Pid_0291
Now you need to turn OFF digital signing for just a little while, instead of me typing this all out you go here and look for "Option Two: Use an Advanced Boot Option" since this will be temporary.
If you followed the guide above, you will have turned off digital signatures for the time being in windows.
Do NOT install yet from the device Manager but go back to where you stored the "xusb21.inf" file in step 5.
Right click on that file and choose "install"
A warning will come up saying "windows cant verify the publisher of the device publisher" [Like it shows here] (
https://deploymentresearch.com/wp-c...ticles/SignYourDrivers/UntrustedPublisher.png).
Choose "Install this driver software anyway"
Go back to your device manager and choose "action" "scan for hardware changes"
Locate the "unknown device" right click, choose "update driver"
Click on "Browse my computer for drivers"
Choose "let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer.
Choose the "Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver for Windows" next and it will install!
cheers for the heads up