The entire process was a bit unorthodox, especially considering that something so simple didn't immediately work out of the box. I downloaded the driver, unzipped it, and then manually installed it through the Device Manager. There is a fix available through the Microsoft Catalog Update, but it works only on one browser - Internet Explorer. This is strange, as the product has been out for quite some time now, and so I did some troubleshooting, including plugging it into different USB ports, telling the computer to forget the device, and even restarting the whole system.Ī quick Google search revealed that I wasn't the only one who had this problem. A quick look on the settings page revealed the answer: The system recognized the dongle but said that the driver for it was unavailable, meaning I couldn't use it. I thought I had a dead USB port, or perhaps the dongle itself wasn't working properly.

When I first inserted the Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows (it's quite a long name isn't it?) into the USB port and pressed its button, I didn't see the small light blinking.

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