I know I'm missing something very crucial here but I can't for the life of me figure it out and I think I may have a unique situation. Windows 7 is up to date, I tried Windows Update as well. System Restore was a joke, it did nothing. I am unsure how to roll back whatever drivers it's digging from and remove their presence, or even registry entirely and start fresh. When I try to manually install the correct driver, it comes up as 'XHID game controller' but then reverts back to 'Unknown Device'. When I click on the 'Unknown Device' it looks like it's recognized as the controller somewhat, but obviously something is missing here, or perhaps an incorrect driver is installed. It simply connects and is recognized as 'Unknown Device' under Human Device Interfaces in Device Manager.

The Adapter is actually capable of pairing with the controller just fine, but it's not usable in any form. The Adapter itself installed just fine, it's in my devices as 'XBOX ACC' and in Device Manager as 'Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows' Downloaded the drivers from the Windows Update Catalog - no good. I've tried everything from uninstalling drivers (which were rejected at first because auto-update won't accept the drivers because they aren't digitally-signed) which brought me to the 'bcdedit' method, which ended up doing nothing for me. I've probably searched forums and how-to guides for about 12-18 hours total over the last week, pulling my hair out trying to solve this.

Xbox 360 wireless adapter driver