045e:07a5 — Wireless Receiver 1461C (Microsoft Corp.)

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a Wireless Receiver 1461C manufactured by Microsoft Corp.. The vendor ID 045e is registered to Microsoft Corp. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 07a5 is the product ID that Microsoft Corp. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 045e:07a5 Microsoft Corp. Wireless Receiver 1461C.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 045e:07a5 Microsoft Corp. Wireless Receiver 1461C

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 045e:07a5, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 045e:07a5. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=045e, idProduct=07a5.

Windows

In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:

USB\VID_045E&PID_07A5
USB\VID_045E&PID_07A5&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_045E&PID_07A5"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Wireless Receiver 1461C:
      Product ID: 0x07a5
      Vendor ID: 0x045e  (Microsoft Corp.)

Driver help

Having driver issues with this device? Most USB devices are handled by a generic class driver; if yours shows up as an unknown device, confirm the ID above first, then check the manufacturer's downloads page. Microsoft Corp. official support →

Raw usb.ids entry

The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:

045e  Microsoft Corp.
	07a5  Wireless Receiver 1461C

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