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Sidewinder GamePad non-USB isn't recognised in WinXP
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Sidewinder GamePad non-USB isn't recognised in WinXP
Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 1:19 pm
Posted by Mike
(2 messages posted)
...hello, I own an older non-USB MS sidewinder gamepad and recently updated my system
to WinXP Pro. Since then, the gamepad isn't recognised by the OS, and it isn't available
under the "Add" menu in the Game Controllers applet. Has anyone else run across this
problem? Is there a fix or update I need? Thanks in advance.
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re: Sidewinder GamePad non-USB isn't recognised in WinXP
Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 2:00 pm
Posted by Michelle
(417 messages posted)
Do you mean there is nothing listed to add in Game controllers? I'm assuming you
were following this article :
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q298/0/62.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=tech&FR=0&qry=sidewinder&rnk=2&src=DHCS_MSPSS_tech_SRCH&SPR=WINXP
If you had the game controller plugged in when you upgraded, it may cause the OS
to not recognize it now. Microsoft recommends unplugging all peripheral hardware
before upgrading\installing.
On Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 1:19 pm, Mike wrote:
>...hello, I own an older non-USB MS sidewinder gamepad and recently updated my system
>to WinXP Pro. Since then, the gamepad isn't recognised by the OS, and it isn't available
>under the "Add" menu in the Game Controllers applet. Has anyone else run across
this
>problem? Is there a fix or update I need? Thanks in advance.
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re: Sidewinder GamePad non-USB isn't recognised in WinXP
Monday, November 19, 2001 at 8:22 am
Posted by Mike
(2 messages posted)
There are game controllers listed, but unlike preivious versions (95/98/ME) XP does
not list it by the brand name (i.e. Microsoft SideWinder Game Pad), however it does
list generic 4, 5, and 6 button controllers. This is an 8 button controller however,
so the other "generic" controllers will not work, I tried already to add it after
upgrading. However, I've not tried using the MS Sidewinder (Auto-Detect) yet. Perhaps
that will fix it.
Thank you for your help. :)
On Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 2:00 pm, hollowchick wrote:
>Do you mean there is nothing listed to add in Game controllers? I'm assuming you
>were following this article :
>http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q298/0/62.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=tech&FR=0&qry=sidewinder&rnk=2&src=DHCS_MSPSS_tech_SRCH&SPR=WINXP
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>If you had the game controller plugged in when you upgraded, it may cause the OS
>to not recognize it now. Microsoft recommends unplugging all peripheral hardware
>before upgrading\installing.
>
>
>On Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 1:19 pm, Mike wrote:
>...hello, I own an older non-USB MS sidewinder gamepad and recently updated my system
>to WinXP Pro. Since then, the gamepad isn't recognised by the OS, and it isn't available
>under the "Add" menu in the Game Controllers applet. Has anyone else run across
>this
>problem? Is there a fix or update I need? Thanks in advance.
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re: Sidewinder GamePad non-USB isn't recognised in WinXP
Friday, November 23, 2001 at 1:56 am
Posted by joe
(1 messages posted)
I am running windows XP pro. I have both a USB and non-USB Sidewinder installed,
and they are both working fine.
So it is possible
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