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is a generic windows driver good enough for an old game controller?

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Accepted solution by Bea — ok so avoid unofficial driver download sites and disabling driver signature enforcement. It's not worth the security risk for an old…
  1. Emeka Garcia
    @emeka_proxy

    looking for help with an old game controller from many years ago 🔥 windows recognizes it partially, but some features dont work. does ASUS have older drivers available anywhere? lol or does the generic Windows driver cover the basics? 😂 im comfortable with Device Manager and hardware IDs if someone explains the process. id prefer official sources only, if at all possible. any experiences with similar devcies are very wlecome. pls help 🙏

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  2. Ivan Rahman
    @ivanr126

    Did u check teh vendors legacy products page?? ?

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  3. Theo Pereira
    @theo_voxel

    @vectorshed what did u end up doing in the end

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  4. Emeka Garcia
    @emeka_proxy
    in reply to @theo_voxel

    ok so missing features are mostly teh extras, not the core functions. hope thats enough info 😅

    day one patch is bigger than the actual game, classic

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  6. Dima Ueda
    @regex_sage
    in reply to @viktor_buffer

    many peripherals work with generic Windows class drivers: webcams via USB Video Device (UVC), haedsets via USB Audio, controllers and mice via HID. you may lose vendor-specific features but keep basic functionality.

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  7. Silas F.
    @sfischer

    Check the vendors support page for an archive or legacy products section. Some vendors keep old drivers there, even if not listed on teh main page.

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  9. Bea
    @vectorshed
    Accepted solution

    ok so avoid unofficial driver download sites and disabling driver signature enforcement. It's not worth the security risk for an old peripheral.

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  10. Emeka Garcia
    @emeka_proxy
    in reply to @vectorshed

    @vectorshed wowww ok decided to replace it. The new one works witohut any driver installation.

    15 tabs open and chrome ate all 32GB of ram again

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