How can I add joystick support again

[suspekt]

Hello everyone

I like nLite very much, and the idea that I can remove stuff from Windows that I don't need.

The problem for me now, is that I probably removed more than I should have

Never thought I would get some use of my old Saitek wheel and pedals (serial gameport), but now I can't seem to use it cause I removed the joystick support from Windows (can't even add something under Game Controllers).

Is there some way to add joystick support back to Windows?

It's too bad for me if I have to reinstall Windows, as this system is up and running 6+ months with alot of stuff on it. Probably won't reinstall until something serious happends and forces me to do it.

If someone knows how I can do this, I would be very happy

Regards, suspekt

[suspekt]

I've managed to get back Text-2-Speech support again

For this I did the following in a cmd prompt:

expand P:\AMD64\sapi5.in_ C:\WINDOWS\INF\sapi5.inf

expand P:\AMD64\sapi.cp_ C:\WINDOWS\system32\sapi.cpl

expand P:\AMD64\sapi.dl_ C:\WINDOWS\system32\sapi.dll

expand P:\AMD64\sapisvr.ex_ C:\WINDOWS\system32\DllCache\sapisvr.exe

(expand is the program, P: is the path to the original Windows XP x64 Professional CD)

Then I right clicked on C:\WINDOWS\INF\sapi5.inf and chose Install, then I entered the path P:\AMD64 and pressed OK.

Now it works again

Maybe only the first expand is needed, then you can right-click sapi5.inf and choose install, but I did it with all the files

and it was a success

Now I just need to know what file has to do with the joystick?

Edited July 13, 2006 by suspekt