Any help would be greatly appreciated.......
Thanks!!
(if you have the Gameport version, you might not have any choice, as I dont
know if it will install anyhow)
shane88 enlightened us with:
Gameport support has virtually been dropped in XP for every controller if
your is a gameport model.
The Sidewinder 4.0 software (for USB) can be found on the Net, but
although I made it install in both normal and compatibility mode without
error messages, it just doesn't want to install properly: the extra
Sidewinder options in the XP game devices control panel just dont' show up.
So what are we supposed to do now, I wonder? Anybody got any positive
experiences / suggestions?
Regards, Ruud
If its USB you have to search to download the 4.0 drivers which you cannot get from the MS site,
they only have the 3.0 drivers even though the 4.0 drivers come on the cd with USB wheels.
Its beyond belief they dont support their own hardware and dont even supply a download of drivers if
your disk is scratched.
_____
Steve
"Military intelligence, two words combined that can't make sense."
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.......
> Thanks!!
Rolf
Ruud Dingemans enlightened us with:
>> Ignore that "warning" & install anyway, especially if you have the
>> USB version. the software (as it installs should say 3.x)
> I'm having almost the same problem here. My USB Sidewinder works fine
> with 98, but the built-in XP drivers don't calibrate properly and
> don't support dual-axis anyway.
> The Sidewinder 4.0 software (for USB) can be found on the Net, but
> although I made it install in both normal and compatibility mode
> without error messages, it just doesn't want to install properly: the
> extra Sidewinder options in the XP game devices control panel just
> dont' show up.
> So what are we supposed to do now, I wonder? Anybody got any positive
> experiences / suggestions?
> Regards, Ruud
>> shane88 enlightened us with:
>>> Recently upgraded to Win XP Home. Have re-installed all my favorite
>>> programs, etc.....but......when I go to re-install my MS Sidewinder
>>> *** software
>>> (MS FF Wheel/pedals), I get an error message saying that it is
>>> incompatable with this version of Windows.
Regards, Rudy
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GPLRank: -24
Ruud Dingemans enlightened us with:
>> Ya RUUD, If you have heard, MISCROSHAFT (ms) more or less removed
>> gameports from compatability lists for XP. hell for 2 years now,
>> most "major" retailers dont even give you a gameport (Dell, hp,
>> compaq etc...)
> Um, if you'd like to read my earlier text (see below), you might
> notice something about the kind of Sidewinder I have and was
> referring to, actually...
> Regards, Rudy
> --------------------
> GPLRank: -24
>> Ruud Dingemans enlightened us with:
>>> I'm having almost the same problem here. My USB Sidewinder works
>>> fine with 98, but the built-in XP drivers don't calibrate properly
>>> and don't support dual-axis anyway.
