> i have a wireless gaming reciever that i bought back when i had vista home
> premium. worked fine, played thru halo 2 almost all the way thru. then i
> upgraded to vista home premium 64x and havent been able to get it to work
> yet. have tried installing/unistalling 20 or so times and updating it at the
> website, but no luck at all.
>
> anybody have any ideas or has there been a fix for this yet?
>i have a wireless gaming reciever that i bought back when i had vista home
> premium. worked fine, played thru halo 2 almost all the way thru. then i
> upgraded to vista home premium 64x and havent been able to get it to work
> yet. have tried installing/unistalling 20 or so times and updating it at
> the
> website, but no luck at all.
>
> anybody have any ideas or has there been a fix for this yet?
> Hi,
>
> Uninstall the current software, then download and install the most
> recent one for x64 here:
> http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/ga...indows%20Vista
>
>
> This definitely works, as I have an XBox 360 wireless gaming receiver
> running under Vista Ultimate x64.
>
> Rick Rogers wrote:>> Hi,
>>
>> Uninstall the current software, then download and install the most recent
>> one for x64 here:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/ga...indows%20Vista
> > Rick Rogers wrote:>> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Uninstall the current software, then download and install the most recent
> >> one for x64 here:
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/ga...indows%20Vista
>
> ok i tried uninstalling and installing the link you gave me ... twice and
> it's still not picking the controller up. i push the button on the
> reciever
> and it blinks then i turn the controller on an push the "connect" button
> and
> the circle goes round and round, then it just blinks and blinks... any
> ideas?
>>> > Rick Rogers wrote:>>
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> Uninstall the current software, then download and install the most
>> >> recent
>> >> one for x64 here:
>> >> http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/ga...indows%20Vista
>>
> Hi,
>
> Click start and type msconfig, then hit <enter>. On the startup tab make
> sure the xbox software is enabled to load at boot. Windows Defender may be
> blocking it as well. If the light on the receiver does not come on as the
> system finishes booting, then something is blocking it.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Chris" <Chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:29E9B81E-DF86-4DFF-8558-25C0812CCB0A@microsoft.com...> > ok i tried uninstalling and installing the link you gave me ... twice and>
> > it's still not picking the controller up. i push the button on the
> > reciever
> > and it blinks then i turn the controller on an push the "connect" button
> > and
> > the circle goes round and round, then it just blinks and blinks... any
> > ideas?
> >> >> > Rick Rogers wrote:
> >> >> Hi,
> >> >>
> >> >> Uninstall the current software, then download and install the most
> >> >> recent
> >> >> one for x64 here:
> >> >> http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/ga...indows%20Vista
> >>
> >>
>
BA2F897-2313-4F31-B8A2-C8965745388B@microsoft.com...>
> yes it is configured to come on and yes the light does come on. When you
> push the button on the reciever it blinks and then when you push the
> connect
> button on the controller it will "ACT" like it is connecting and the
> reciver
> will stop blinking, and the ring on the controller will stop spining but
> then
> it ( the ring ) will just blink and thats all it will do until you turn
> the
> controller off.
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>
>> Click start and type msconfig, then hit <enter>. On the startup tab make
>> sure the xbox software is enabled to load at boot. Windows Defender may
>> be
>> blocking it as well. If the light on the receiver does not come on as the
>> system finishes booting, then something is blocking it.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "Chris" <Chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:29E9B81E-DF86-4DFF-8558-25C0812CCB0A@microsoft.com...>> > ok i tried uninstalling and installing the link you gave me ... twice>>
>> > and
>> > it's still not picking the controller up. i push the button on the
>> > reciever
>> > and it blinks then i turn the controller on an push the "connect"
>> > button
>> > and
>> > the circle goes round and round, then it just blinks and blinks... any
>> > ideas?
>> >
>> >> > Rick Rogers wrote:
>> >> >> Hi,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Uninstall the current software, then download and install the most
>> >> >> recent
>> >> >> one for x64 here:
>> >> >> http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/ga...indows%20Vista
>> >>
>> >>
>>
> Hi,
>
> Have you tried unplugging it from the USB port and reinserting it? This
> should reinitialize the receiver, it's happened to me a few times.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Chris" <Chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news> >>
> > yes it is configured to come on and yes the light does come on. When you
> > push the button on the reciever it blinks and then when you push the
> > connect
> > button on the controller it will "ACT" like it is connecting and the
> > reciver
> > will stop blinking, and the ring on the controller will stop spining but
> > then
> > it ( the ring ) will just blink and thats all it will do until you turn
> > the
> > controller off.
> >
> > "Rick Rogers" wrote:
> >> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Click start and type msconfig, then hit <enter>. On the startup tab make
> >> sure the xbox software is enabled to load at boot. Windows Defender may
> >> be
> >> blocking it as well. If the light on the receiver does not come on as the
> >> system finishes booting, then something is blocking it.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Best of Luck,
> >>
> >> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> >> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
> >>
> >> "Chris" <Chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:29E9B81E-DF86-4DFF-8558-25C0812CCB0A@microsoft.com...
> >> > ok i tried uninstalling and installing the link you gave me ... twice
> >> > and
> >> > it's still not picking the controller up. i push the button on the
> >> > reciever
> >> > and it blinks then i turn the controller on an push the "connect"
> >> > button
> >> > and
> >> > the circle goes round and round, then it just blinks and blinks... any
> >> > ideas?
> >> >
> >> >> > Rick Rogers wrote:
> >> >> >> Hi,
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Uninstall the current software, then download and install the most
> >> >> >> recent
> >> >> >> one for x64 here:
> >> >> >> http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/ga...indows%20Vista
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
>
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