Installing a joystick in XP

[nateboi]

Hey Guys

when i plug in my old microsoft sidewinders joystick into the back of my geforec 2 mx 400 card and try and set up the joystick in the control panel windows always just reboots on me and doesnt install it. Even if i select some crappy generic joystick and click ok the whole computer just restarts......any ideas?

[BAH]

Have you got more than one game port setup in your computer....?

Could be a conflict

[Micropocalypse]

try useing a differnt gameport

[phants]

When I tried to install my Sidewinder Joystick it refused to let me stating "only administrator can do this " I'm only user!!!

However when i tried J/Stk it worked fine.!!

maybe yours will.

[zErO]

I have a sidewinder freestyle pro usb j/s, although the original software drivers aren't compatible with xp I had it connected when I installed xp and xp installed its own drivers..........

not to sure what u have?? is it serial or usb anyway mine doesnt connect into my asus geforce card are u sure uve installed it correctly

does nothing happen when u first turn on the computer? does it not seem to reconize any new hardware??

give us some more info and I will try help u out!!!

[Guest aMb]

Mmm, plugging a joystick into a graphics card :blueteam Have you tried www.microsoft.com/hardware for the latest drivers or possibly Windows Update.