Sidewinder Precision 2 Problems on XP Professional

[Steve]

Nick,I am having the exact same problem with a force
feedback 2. I have contacted Microsoft support engineer
and the only way to make it work is to format the hard
drive, reinstall the original windows XP cd and install
your joystick before putting the updates on from the
windows update website. The reason is that an update
alters the orig.usb XP driver for sidewinders. The new
driver puts a double entry in your device manager. Do not
delete the ghost entry or you will have to start all over
again. Alturnatively, buy a different make of joystick.
>-----Original Message-----
>I recently bought a Sideminder Precsion 2, and my
computer
>and/or Windows XP Professional will not recognize that
it
>is connected. All my other USB devices work fine, but
when
>I plug this into the port, it acts as if nothing is
>connected. Tried to add the hardware manually but it
>states that my Gameport or Gameport Drivers are not
>configered properly. I have contacted the Microsoft Help
>line but they could not assist me. Checked the USB ports
>and they are working properly. On another computer the
>device works fine, but the operating system is XP Home
>edition. Please help me get it to work with XP
>Profesional.
>.
>

[Joshua Smith [MSFT]]

When this device is correctly installed there are actually 3 devices that
are supposed to be listed. Two of them with identicle or nearly identicle
names and the Virtual Keyboard. This is normal. There are no updates for the
drivers because the newest drivers are already built into the OS. The
manually adding devices in the Contol panel is only for gameport devices,
not USB. The system cannot discover gameport devices like USB. Can you post
a dxdiag report of your system? It may help me determine why your device
isn't working correctly.

Thanks.

--
Joshua Smith
DirectInput Test Lab
Microsoft
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"Steve" > wrote in message
...
> Nick,I am having the exact same problem with a force
> feedback 2. I have contacted Microsoft support engineer
> and the only way to make it work is to format the hard
> drive, reinstall the original windows XP cd and install
> your joystick before putting the updates on from the
> windows update website. The reason is that an update
> alters the orig.usb XP driver for sidewinders. The new
> driver puts a double entry in your device manager. Do not
> delete the ghost entry or you will have to start all over
> again. Alturnatively, buy a different make of joystick.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I recently bought a Sideminder Precsion 2, and my
> computer
> >and/or Windows XP Professional will not recognize that
> it
> >is connected. All my other USB devices work fine, but
> when
> >I plug this into the port, it acts as if nothing is
> >connected. Tried to add the hardware manually but it
> >states that my Gameport or Gameport Drivers are not
> >configered properly. I have contacted the Microsoft Help
> >line but they could not assist me. Checked the USB ports
> >and they are working properly. On another computer the
> >device works fine, but the operating system is XP Home
> >edition. Please help me get it to work with XP
> >Profesional.
> >.
> >