I'll give the wireless USB adapter a try. This is frustrating. I just want a simple, working wireless controller for my PC. I'm surprised how damn difficult this is.
I feel like the issue isn't the Xbox controller so much as my PC or Windows 10, but I could be wrong. I just don't understand how...
Thanks for the help, guys. I went ahead and disabled USB power saving and switched the rechargeable batteries with just standard ones (for now). It certainly has helped, but I'm still getting these random times where I need to alt-tab.
So, is the controller actually losing the connection when I...
Thanks. Yeah, I did that and it didn't help. It's weird. It's like the controller randomly gets stuck in the background and alt-tabbing is what brings it back to the foreground (for lack of better terminology). It works fine with USB, but that defeats the purpose of having the wireless controller.
I've got media PC running a very thin version of Windows 10 (basically all of the apps removed, privacy settings all turned off, etc...). I use it primarily for Kodi and emulators. I've also got an Xbox controller connected via BT which will randomly stop working unless I alt-tab to whatever...