yes it is configured to come on and yes the light does come on. When you
push the button on the reciever it blinks and then when you push the connect
button on the controller it will "ACT" like it is connecting and the reciver
will stop blinking, and the ring on the controller will stop spining but then
it ( the ring ) will just blink and thats all it will do until you turn the
controller off.

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

Hi,

Click start and type msconfig, then hit enter. On the startup tab make
sure the xbox software is enabled to load at boot. Windows Defender may be
blocking it as well. If the light on the receiver does not come on as the
system finishes booting, then something is blocking it.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Chris" wrote in message
...
ok i tried uninstalling and installing the link you gave me ... twice and
it's still not picking the controller up. i push the button on the
reciever
and it blinks then i turn the controller on an push the "connect" button
and
the circle goes round and round, then it just blinks and blinks... any
ideas?

Rick Rogers wrote:
Hi,

Uninstall the current software, then download and install the most
recent
one for x64 he
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/ga...indows%20Vista