PC does not recognize XBox 360 controller connected through Play & Charge Kit

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Published on 2011-03-06T16:25:06Z Indexed on 2013/10/20 10:00 UTC
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I wanted to hook up my wireless XBox 360 controller to my PC running windows 7. I'm trying to use the Play & Charge kit since I already had that laying around. I plugged it in and Windows recognize it and installed it. It registers in Device Manager as "Xbox 360 Wireless Controller via Play & Charge Kit". The controller also has the 1st quadrant lit.

However, I can't seem to make this work with any games. I installed the "Microsoft Xbox 360 Accessories" kit from MS website, and I run the Accessories Status app and it doesn't recognize that the controller is connected.

Does anybody know what I'm doing wrong out there?

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