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BSOD when connecting Xbox controller via bluetooth
My windows 11 updated yesterday to the latest insider build and I noticed the following: BSOD now changed to GSOD (yes yes, now its green screen of death) And most annoying thing - Xinput driver fo...
1. Open terminal as administrator
2. List drivers with this command: pnputil /enum-drivers > drivers.txt
3. Type pwd and navigate to that path to find the text file. You can just copy paste the response into the file explorer.
4. Open the driver.txt file and search for 1.14.20.740 (this is problematic driver version). Take note of the driver file name. For me it was oem72.inf, for other user it was oem74.inf, for you it may be different.
5. Uninstall the driver by running the command: pnputil /delete-driver driverName.inf /uninstall /force, replacing the "driverName.inf" with what you got from the previous step
6. Restart computer and reconnect your Xbox controller. It should now work.
You sir, are a hero.