ms sidewiner game controllers

haven't tried it on later builds, as it's tedious to get a controller working at all once the setup fails and doesn't roll back correctly, but on 5219 the driver and control panel software (version 4 I think) for my Sidewinder joystick refused to install.
It has basic functionality with the generic drivers though of course, so I have left it at that
Just a heads-up, in case it goes unnoticed, or is it fixed already in the latest build?

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haven't tried it on later builds, as it's tedious to get a controller working at all once the setup fails and doesn't roll back correctly, but on 5219 the driver and control panel software (version 4 I think) for my Sidewinder joystick refused to install.
It has basic functionality with the generic drivers though of course, so I have left it at that
Just a heads-up, in case it goes unnoticed, or is it fixed already in the latest build?

Last time I heard of "Sidewinder" was in early 2000!
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--- Original message follows --- "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

Microsoft doesn't even support this hardware anymore, I find it unlikely that it would be supported under Vista, its at end of life I say. -- -- Andre Windows Connect | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Adahn" wrote in message haven't tried it on later builds, as it's tedious to get a controller working at all once the setup fails and doesn't roll back correctly, but on 5219 the driver and control panel software (version 4 I think) for my Sidewinder joystick refused to install.
It has basic functionality with the generic drivers though of course, so I have left it at that
Just a heads-up, in case it goes unnoticed, or is it fixed already in the latest build?

Sidewinder Precision 2 works well on 5308 and 5270 with native drivers. No configuring or driver loading was necessary. Used successfully with FS 2004 on both Vista versions.
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"Adahn" wrote in message

haven't tried it on later builds, as it's tedious to get a controller working at all once the setup fails and doesn't roll back correctly, but on 5219 the driver and control panel software (version 4 I think) for my Sidewinder joystick refused to install.
It has basic functionality with the generic drivers though of course, so I have left it at that
Just a heads-up, in case it goes unnoticed, or is it fixed already in the latest build?

What? I still have my MS Sidewinder (USB). I didn't use much it either. It's a good joystick.
On 3/8/2006 4:36 PM PT, Zack Whittaker (R2 Mentor) wrote:

Last time I heard of "Sidewinder" was in early 2000! --

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