Plug usb end directly into your usb slot on the pc, download the drivers from Microsoft's site, and then play a game that is either made to use the controller properly, i.e. Assassins Creed or Crysis, or use a joy/key app, like Joy2Key to set up buttons to correspond to keyboard buttons.
Buy a wired controller, not the play and chrage ones, just a wired one
Yes, a wired xbox 360 controller can be used on a PC as a gamepad.
Yes, almost all games for windows are compatible with a wired xbox 360 controller. There are many good Youtube tutorials for this.
yes
I don't think so
using a play and charge kit, make sure its a color black,then it will work, the white one wont work for some reason
99.9% of modern laptop have both wireless as well as wire network interface.
yes - install microsoft driver for xbox 360 and should work with all wired controllers.
If Windows startup repair will not work then you need to contact support
On a laptop with battery power it will work.
I would guess that if it is an 360 wireless controller, it would work on a 360.
On a wired controller everything is transferred threw the usb wire. This why you must always make sure that there is not any damage to the cord or else the controls might not work or seem "sluggish". On a wired controller all the power is threw the cord, which again can be disrupted by any damage to the cord itself.