Well actually it works but the facility which lowers the note. Side equipment, the cable is long enough and the device does not take up too much space. Listed installation, forget the mini CD that came with .... Direction Microsoft website to download the official driver (Google search: Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver for Windows) and go to the Microsoft site to download. If it is not well detected, follow the next step (actually under Windows 8.1): in Explorer, right-click property "this PC", on the left, you have the device manager. Open. It is likely that you have an unsupported device. Right-click it, "property." "Update Driver". "Search for driver on my computer." "Choose from a list of device drivers on my computer." "Xbox 360 peripherals." "Xbox360 wireless receiver for windows." "Next" and it's over.