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3 stars
Version: Microsoft Sidewinder Game Controller Software 3.02
"Works fine but not much added to having no software & letting XP do it!"
Pros: It gives you the ability to save profiles for games. Some built in but all for older games.
but isn't that what this is for anyway, older games??
A neighbour gave me this joystick today and I am kind of into the novelty of it. stand aside game pad, let me try this!!! going to install Flight simulator now and test it out fully!!!!
Cons: Nothing really. If anyone has problems getting their sidewinder recognised in XP then it is really simple:
DO NOT INSTALL THIS SOFTWARE FIRST!"
Just plug in the Joystick, reboot the PC, then go into sound and game controllers in control panel. there you will see you can ADD or REMOVE. Well, click ADD and scroll down until you find Microsoft sidewinder (Auto-detect)./ click that one and then OK it.
Next thing you will see the bubble near the clock telling you 'NEW HARDWARE FOUND. then it will say Installing drivers' then when it's finished with all that, you have a working joystick. now reboot just to be sure, THEN INSTALL THIS SOFTWARE!
now everything works!
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