Using your 360 controller with Windows
by Jennie Lees 
{ Dec 23rd 2005 at 3:00PM }
Making
the Xbox 360 controller work flawlessly with Windows seems to be no mean feat, but this guide covers the tricky process
of getting two Microsoft products to co-operate. Using a third-party shareware program called Pinnacle Game Profiler, it seems you can configure your controller to
do just about anything, assigning keyboard and mouse commands to the controller's buttons and axes. If you're looking for a little cross-platform unification, maybe this will do the trick until Microsoft release some sort of official support for the controller.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Rex @ Dec 23rd 2005 5:13PM
There is also a special version of the 360 controller that includes the required software. It is atually just a regular 360 wired controller with a few changes to like the guide button, controller number indicator and has no headset interface.
Its 44.95 at CompUSA
Liquid @ Dec 23rd 2005 8:25PM
Can you use the play and charge kit + a 360 wireless controller on xp, with or without hacks?
Walkin' @ Dec 24th 2005 7:45AM
No, you can't use the play and charge kit to play your contoller on your pc, but if you have the wired contoller all you have to do is download the driver from Microsoft's site.
Aamir123 @ Dec 24th 2005 6:44PM
quote for comment 3
could you please tell me which driver to install from microsoft.
rerunx5 @ Dec 25th 2005 12:11PM
You can download the drivers here.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/C/8/AC8CA87C-4F5B-49D6-9E0A-C0BBA2E96663/XBOX360Eng.exe