Thanks for the help and advice!
Joey
-----Original Message-----
Disregard the warning and install it.
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Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP
Associate Expert
Expert Zone -
Hi Chris,
The warning is the hardware is not recognized as being
XP
logoed. I'm interpreting that is meaning not compat
with
XP.
Joey
-----Original Message-----
The warning is that it isn't compatible with Windows
2000, which XP isn't.
It is okay to ignore, and the software installs fine.
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Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP
Associate Expert
Expert Zone -
"Joshua Smith [MSFT]" <joshsm@online.microsoft.com>
wrote
in message
I think the error about being incompatible was from
the
software when he
tried to install so he probably aborted it. You can
safely install the
software. That was written before Windows XP was
developed so it doesn't
recognize the Operating System. The software hasn't
been known in my test
lab to cause any problems. Please let me know if you
find this to not be
the
case. Also, if you don't care about remapping
buttons
on the controller to
keyboard keys or making macro's then you don't need
the
software at all.
Just plug in the device and it will give you regular
joystick data that
games can use. The hardware drivers are already in
the
OS.
--
Joshua Smith
DirectInput Test Lab
Microsoft
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If you have a USB SideWinder controller, have you
installed the software
for
it yet?
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Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP
Associate Expert
Expert Zone -
Jimmy,
thanks for the advice, but it still isn't
working.
When I
do as you suggest, I get an error "Gameport or
Gameport
drive is not properly configured. Please check
divice
drivers". This is a USB Sidewinder. Also,
when I
plug
the controller into the USB port, the computer
sees
it,
and give an error message to the effect that the
controller is not compatible with Windows XP.
You
you
have any other suggestions?
Thanks again
joey
.
.