Xbox 360 Contoller for Windows 8 problem

[Mulreay]

OK so on one of my new PC's I have Windows 8 and I'm struggling with getting an Xbox controller working.

I will take you through the steps already tried.

I have tried the controller on my Windows 7 laptop and it plug and plays absolutely fine.

I have tried Microsoft's direct driver download but the installation always fails with a 'invalid data' warning. This is whilst installing under Windows 7 64bit and in compatibility mode.

I have tried to update through Windows update and it always returns 'Fail' to install.

I have copied the driver from my Windows 7 machine to my Windows 8 pointed to it and it still does not work.

When the controller is plugged in it shows up in device manager as 'controller' but with a yellow warning. I tried updating the driver from there and it fails. I tried searching online and searching my own computer for the driver but each install attempt results in 'invalid data'.

Running out of options hopefully someone can help.

Thanks in advance.

[BC_Programmer]

Make sure you are using a powered USB Port. That's all I can  think of; Windows 8 apparently includes XBox 360 Controller drivers Out-Of-The-Box as far as I can tell.

What is the error code/message in device manager for the Controller?

[patio]

Worth a Shot...