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Thread: Sidewinder joystick not compatable for vista?

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    xmang Guest
    Any word if we can get a driver for this old joystick and if it will ever be
    usable with the new Vista OS?

    "Dale "Mad_Murdock" White" wrote:

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    Dale \Mad_Murdock\ White Guest

    Re: Sidewinder joystick not compatable for vista?

    I have the sidewinder Precision 2 and it worked by default. I assume you're
    referring to like the original Sidewinder ?

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    turbotoes Guest

    Re: Sidewinder joystick not compatable for vista?

    On reading your post I rushed to my wardrobe, hauled out my ms sidewinder
    precision pro, plugged it in (using the game port to usb adapter that came
    with it) and vista popped up installed its own driver and when I go to game
    controllers in control panel all the buttons ans axis work. So Have You tried
    it with vista or are you assuming it won't work because you can't find a
    driver?

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    turbotoes Guest

    Re: Sidewinder joystick not compatable for vista?

    P.S. do a search for joytokey this is a great little proggie for those games
    that don't support joystick, it makes the joystick emulate keyboard stokes so
    any game that supports a keyboeard!! will support ALL the buttons and axis of
    your sidewinder. I have not tried it in vista (am at work now so can't) but
    it worth the download to see!!

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    krine54 Guest

    Re: Sidewinder joystick not compatable for vista?

    I'm new and I found your comments I too have sidewinder precision. How did
    you make it the default and how did you check it?

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    Dennis Curtis Guest

    Re: Sidewinder joystick not compatable for vista?

    The problem i am havein is, in my device manager my gameport shows up as
    unknown gameport. And My joystick doesn't show up in the control panel (under
    controllers). Is anyone else have this issue?

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    Kurt Herman Guest

    Re: Sidewinder joystick not compatable for vista?

    Vista no longer supports "game ports".

    Your only choice is to get a USB to Gameport Adapter for your joystick, or
    get a new USB joystick.
    I got the Thrustmaster TopGun Fox 2 USB for $40, to replace my 8 year old
    Thrustmaster, and am pretty happy with it.

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    Re: Sidewinder joystick not compatable for vista?

    usb to gameport adaptors will not work as they only support analogue controllers, I don't think the drivers support usb anyway. It appears that your gameport is recognised, but unknown, I had a similar problem, and had to auto detect several times, before the stick was recognised. perhaps your game port is not standard, try also reinstalling your sound card drivers which control your game port. calibrating your stick once it is finaly recognised. If that fails, try updating your sound card drivers.

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    Phil Rhodes Guest

    Re: Sidewinder joystick not compatable for vista?

    I have an old Windows 98 computer that I sometime play games on and my
    Soundblaster sound card would not recognize my analog Sidewinder FF
    joystick. So I went to a RE-PC store and bought and old cheap sound card
    (definately worse quality) but the joystick worked in the game port on the
    sound card. I use a headset for sound in the game anyway, so no big deal.

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    Phil Rhodes Guest

    Re: Sidewinder joystick not compatable for vista?

    Oh, I forgot - check your "system requirements" and if DirectX 9.0 is
    required, I don't think your game will work in Vista, as DirectX 10.0 is
    built in :) At any rate, run the diagnostic "DxDiag" and see what it says.

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    Geoffrey Cohen Guest

    Re: Sidewinder joystick not compatable for vista?

    All versions of DirectX are backwards compatible. If a game requires
    DirectX 9.x, then it will work with DirectX 10.x.
    --
    Geoffrey Cohen


    "Phil Rhodes" <pe.rhodes@comcast.net> wrote in message
    news:%23F1GkrJZKHA.740@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
    > Oh, I forgot - check your "system requirements" and if DirectX 9.0 is
    > required, I don't think your game will work in Vista, as DirectX 10.0 is
    > built in :) At any rate, run the diagnostic "DxDiag" and see what it says.




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