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@oddballs: Thank you for the guide. It worked in making the unknown device into "Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver for Windows". but for some reason it still wont connect. @extomar I'm assuming if the fuse was damaged my light wouldn't work, but it is on and working. unless there is another effect from having a broken fuse.

@ez123: In my device manager it is under "other device" and labeled as "unknown device". And whenever i click it to try and update it or install it, it says that windows was unable to install driver.

@tyrrael: I had purchased my current one from amazon, but how do I tell if it was off brand or not?

I've bought a wireless adapter for my PC a long time ago. It came with a disk that contained the software but I have no computers that can read it because it is a very small disc. I went to the Microsoft webpage and downloaded the software from there and it was successfully downloaded. When I plug the adapter in my computer it does power on and work, though every time i plug it in it says that the driver device was unsuccessful in installing(like the little pop up message when plugging a new usb device in). I've tried running the program on an older version of windows,mine being windows 7, but does not work. Tried re-installing the software but that did not work. and have tried many times just to connect my controller but it will not connect to my adapter ever.

If anyone has an answer to this please let me know.

@Toxeia: Thanks man you were really helpful and now I got it working. Now i can resume Skyrim while being able to see the whole screen :P

@TruthTellah: I am hooking my xbox up to my laptop via HDMI because the only other available tv is a standerd tv and I cant stand playing some games without HD, therefore I am trying to use my HD laptop screen to play those games.

I am having an issue with getting sound out of my Alienware m17x(laptop) when I connect my xbox 360 Elite to it with an HDMI cable. I am plugging it into the HDMI input and I am getting video and everything, but just no audio. Is there any way to get audio through my computer speakers, or any other way?

Thank you.