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I picked up a Sidewinder Force Feedback 2 joystick at a thrift store. I was having the same problem getting the joystick working on XP Pro. XP wasn't seeing the joystick. On a wim I tryed the Sidewinder on my Dell laptop (OS 98se) and it worked fine. I then pluged it back into the desktop sys (OS XP Pro). Now the Sidewinder works 100% fine. I just used the joystick with MicroSoft Flight Simulator 2004 A Century of Flight. All controls and buttons are working fine. I also delibertely bunny hoped the plane on landing, crashed the plane and ran the plane into a building to test the force feedback on the yoke. The feedback is fine also.
Steve
SOURCE: Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Wheel
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You may have to install or update drivers Most of the
drivers/software I get are from a web site driverguide.com you need to fill out
a free registration then search for the driver you need download it in a format
you can use install it and then most times reboot the computer
SOURCE: drivers for windows vista 64 bit
I am sorry, but I have to tell you that the Sidewinder II is not Vista 64 bit compatible.
Here Microsoft page for Vista compatibility, when they say unknown it means it does not work on Vista 64.
I hope this can save you some time.
SOURCE: Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro 2 Drivers
You should be able to download them from the Microsoft web site.
SOURCE: No force feedback only with Flight Sim. 2004
O-the sweet feel of a Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback lets see if I can be of some help. there could be any number of things going on but I'm going to give this a try. have you checked the settings in Flight Simulator 2004 seems to me that I remember a check box that said disable force feedback make sure that is unchecked. also in the settings for your controller there is a box that says enable force feedback make sure that is checked. then make sure if you are using a firewall like zone alarm you are in gaming mode because this used to give me major headaches with my system to the point I had to detach from the internet and shut down my firewall to play my games. if this doesn't work you may have to reinstall the drivers for the sidewinder this is the last easy option and it should repair any broke links and reset itself into your system. Please let me know how this helped if you need more Ideas just contact me.
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