MS Sidewinder and XP problems........HELP!

Recently upgraded to Win XP Home. Have re-installed all my favorite programs, etc.....but......when I go to re-install my MS Sidewinder Gaming software (MS FF Wheel/pedals), I get an error message saying that it is incompatable with this version of Windows. I've searched all over Microsoft's sites, all they supply me with was to charge me $35 for them to tell me that XP doesn't support it. Hmmmm......a Microsoft product NOT supported by another Microsoft product!?!?! Any help would be greatly appreciated....... Thanks!!

Ignore that "warning" & install anyway, especially if you have the USB version. the software (as it installs should say 3.x) (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:

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> Recently upgraded to Win XP Home. Have re-installed all my favorite > programs, etc.....but......when I go to re-install my MS Sidewinder > Gaming software > (MS FF Wheel/pedals), I get an error message saying that it is > incompatable with this version of Windows. I've searched all over > Microsoft's sites, all they supply me with was to charge me $35 for > them to tell me that XP doesn't support it. Hmmmm......a Microsoft > product NOT supported by another Microsoft product!?!?! > > Any help would be greatly appreciated....... > > Thanks!!

The thing is: XP don't support the old technic of the game port anymore. You have to buy a usb wheel. I had exactly the same problem, bougth me a gameport card and it even wouldn't go. Then I sold my game port wheel (ebay) and the new wheel (also Microsoft MSFF) is working like a charme. Rolf "shane88" <[email hidden]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:[email hidden]...

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> Recently upgraded to Win XP Home. Have re-installed all my favorite > programs, etc.....but......when I go to re-install my MS Sidewinder > Gaming software > (MS FF Wheel/pedals), I get an error message saying that it is > incompatable with this version of Windows. I've searched all over > Microsoft's sites, all they supply me with was to charge me $35 for > them to tell me that XP doesn't support it. Hmmmm......a Microsoft > product NOT supported by another Microsoft product!?!?! > > Any help would be greatly appreciated....... > > Thanks!!

"shane88" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Recently upgraded to Win XP Home. Have re-installed all my favorite > programs, etc.....but......when I go to re-install my MS Sidewinder > Gaming software > (MS FF Wheel/pedals), I get an error message saying that it is > incompatable with this version of Windows. I've searched all over > Microsoft's sites, all they supply me with was to charge me $35 for > them to tell me that XP doesn't support it. Hmmmm......a Microsoft > product NOT supported by another Microsoft product!?!?! > > Any help would be greatly appreciated....... > > Thanks!!

Gameport support has virtually been dropped in XP for every controller if your is a gameport model.

Plowboy2 wrote: > 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

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> 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 >>Gaming software >>(MS FF Wheel/pedals), I get an error message saying that it is >>incompatable with this version of Windows.

If its gameport, youre screwed as it doesnt work properly. 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." shane88 wrote:

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> Recently upgraded to Win XP Home. Have re-installed all my favorite > programs, etc.....but......when I go to re-install my MS Sidewinder > Gaming software > (MS FF Wheel/pedals), I get an error message saying that it is > incompatable with this version of Windows. I've searched all over > Microsoft's sites, all they supply me with was to charge me $35 for > them to tell me that XP doesn't support it. Hmmmm......a Microsoft > product NOT supported by another Microsoft product!?!?! > > Any help would be greatly appreciated....... > > Thanks!!

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...) Ruud Dingemans enlightened us with:

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> Plowboy2 wrote: > >> 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 >>> Gaming software >>> (MS FF Wheel/pedals), I get an error message saying that it is >>> incompatable with this version of Windows.

Plowboy2 wrote: > 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.

ak! missed that 1st time around. I still say that the "4.0" version of the drivers comes on a disk with the usb version of the wheels that doesnt obviously say 4.0 anywhere on it. But, damnit now I have to check when I get home to see exactly is on my cd's. I could burn & mail you a copy. I never have had a problem with xp & the USB software. Ruud Dingemans enlightened us with:

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> Plowboy2 wrote: > >> 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.