rec.autos.simulators

> Another update in case you can help me (it is appreciated, by the
> way)....

> I've got it back to where it is running the most recent drivers, and
> is showing up in the game control panel as okay, but still is not
> recognized by the TM wheel editor software.

> I have no idea how or why it is running the latest driver, because I
> did everything I could to delete all remnants of that driver on my
> computer, and yet when I cut the wheel on, Windows automatically
> installs it (plug and play and all that) and it digs out that driver.

> Is there a trick to getting the wheel editor to work?  Or do you think
> my driver installation is still screwed but its not showing up until I
> try using the wheel editor?  (the wheel is operating properly in the
> game control panel when I go to the Test screen).

> I would rather have a driver installation that I understand how it got
> there but I'm afraid to make any more changes given the hours and
> hours that have been lost every time I try to reinstall a driver.

> Thanks again.

>Installation of the older drivers (had to go backward for F12001) went fine
>(it did have to overwrite some newer files though) and F12001 ff is
>excellent now.

> >I just uninstalled my Ferrari wheel drivers and then clean the system
with a
> >program called system mechanic which you can get from download.com .

> >Installation of the older drivers (had to go backward for F12001) went
fine
> >(it did have to overwrite some newer files though) and F12001 ff is
> >excellent now.

> I got and used system mechanic.  There are so many different aspects
> to that program that I am not sure if I did the necessary cleanup but
> we'll see what happens.

> >Junk files and registry clean would be the two necessary clean ups.

> Those are the two things I did but they didn't get all of the wheel
> stuff.

> I actually went in manually a bit ago and deleted everything that
> matched a file on the cd from Windows/System.  This had somewhat of an
> effect as next time I installed the drivers it went back to the
> original version, but the original version doesn't work anymore and
> just gives error messages.

> I guess I'm going to have to throw the wheel away and buy another one;
> I seriously cannot think of anything else to do.  (Obviously I will
> wait to install XP first and see if by some miracle it solves all my
> problems).