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XBox 360 controller doesn't work when connected, and prevents shutdown
TL;DR version: XBox 360 controller, when connected makes sound, but doesn't function, and further connection/disconnection doesn't makes system sound, and also prevents shutting down. How can I solve this. In the mean time, I will uninstall the driver the best I can.
Long winded version
When I tried to install dual boot a Linux, (that I wasn't doing the first time) I accidentally deleted my Windows 7 partition (instead of partition the free space left) and needed to restart the whole installation of my Windows from scratch. (The irony is that I was able to install everything I needed during one weekend the way I wanted id, but since I've wiped my Windows partition last month, I still didn't quite installed everything back the way I wanted it. One plus side is that NVidia Geforce Experience is not telling me that it has run out of drive space anymore. )
I have in this Desktop PC two drives, one SSD with 200GB partition for Windows, and a 2TB HDD with 1TB for Windows data. After Windows installed, I went in to Audit mode, and configured the Users and ProgramData folders to be on the 1TB HDD, and later made Symlinks to these folders on the C: partition, so even programs, that can't comprehend the ProgramData and Users folders being on a different partition can work as I would like them to. (I do not wish to debate whether it is a correct way of using Windows or not.)
With great care this time, I was able to install Windows to my liking, and fairly stable, with one exception, I don't know where to go next with. I have an XBox 360 Wired Controller, that I could use receantly, with the only limitation, that my controller should have been plugged in before I logged in, or else Windows tried to install the controller, and afterward it could not shut down either. Connecting the controller made the device connected sound, but neither disconnecting and reconnecting made any system sound, in the same session, not even to different USB port. It is still possible to connect other devices in this state. In the same session that I've connected the controller, if I try to shut down or restart Windows, it never goes beyond the point of the "Shutdown" message, and always have to shut it down by force.
In an attempt to fix this issue, I've tried to go in to safe mode, and uninstall the driver, then install it again, but I was only able to make things worse, that the controller doesn't work in any condition, and prevents it from shutting down, if it was connected.
Thinking of what could cause the problem, I've installed few other programs, that I've installed just before the problem occurred. Unified Remote is one known source of issue regarding game controller, however I didn't installed it's gaming driver on purpose, because they even tell you about its flaw in the installer. I've already uninstalled that, but as of writing this post I see, that a driver related to it still there.
The other one that I've installed before the problem occurred is VirtualBox and BOINC manager. I have trouble see how BOINC manager it self could cause trouble with the game controller, but I can see how VirtualBox could be the culprit. I don't remember any other software I've installed at the time.
I do not wish to yet again reinstall Windows, as it is really a tedious work, and don't have the time, energy and motivation to do so, and also saved it from a potential crash. (Though I would not facing this problem if I did not wipe my Windows partition in the first place. )
The game controller otherwise work. Can you help me? I'll try a few things that I can think of, but none of them I'm too sure about would work. I'll look up the event log, but for now, probably I'll try to remove the XBox controller driver.