Sidewinder xp issue

[Nathan]

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I have a plug and "pray" sidewinder joystick, and windows
xp pro. It's the standard gamepads. I was wondering if
anyone knows if it's possible to get the key macros and
turbo buttons features software bundled with it to work
in a xp environment? IT won't install because it
complains that it's not windows 9x kernel. I'm assuming
that If not possibly with the microsoft bundled software,
there may be a third party software capable of the same
thing?

Thanks

 

[Guest]

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I'm not aware of any third party drivers. The software is definitely not
compatible, as you've discovered. The gameport versions of the product were
discontinued a few years before XP came out, and were never compatible with
the NT kernel OS family. If you were to purchase the USB version, it would
come with a version compatible with XP.


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Steve Sullivan, MVP
Microsoft Hardware Products

"Nathan" <nanite@three2sea.com> wrote in message
news:1a8301c4ac0c$76b7ab70$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> I have a plug and "pray" sidewinder joystick, and windows
> xp pro. It's the standard gamepads. I was wondering if
> anyone knows if it's possible to get the key macros and
> turbo buttons features software bundled with it to work
> in a xp environment? IT won't install because it
> complains that it's not windows 9x kernel. I'm assuming
> that If not possibly with the microsoft bundled software,
> there may be a third party software capable of the same
> thing?
>
> Thanks