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Old October 8th 03, 09:49 PM
Giovanni
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Default Help: windows 2000 and joystick need help

Hello guys,

I have a SoudBlaster Live 5.1 correctly configured under windows 2000
professional service pack 3.
I have a analog joystick connected to the gameport of the sound card.
The joystick is a simple, generic, un-branded, 2 axis with 2 buttons.

I open the control panel, joystick and I choose 2 axis - 2 buttons
joystick.
Windows asks me the driver for this input device.
Strange that windows ME doesn't ask for the driver: it accepts the
periferal and all works.
With the joystick there wasn't a disk with the driver... so.. my
problem is..
which driver I have to give to windows 2000 ?
Why windows ME works and 2000 not ?

Thank you very much for your help

Best regards
Giovanni

P.S. If you can reply also to my mail adress. Thank you
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Old October 9th 03, 05:36 AM
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"Giovanni" wrote in message
om...
Hello guys,

I have a SoudBlaster Live 5.1 correctly configured under windows 2000
professional service pack 3.
I have a analog joystick connected to the gameport of the sound card.
The joystick is a simple, generic, un-branded, 2 axis with 2 buttons.

I open the control panel, joystick and I choose 2 axis - 2 buttons
joystick.
Windows asks me the driver for this input device.
Strange that windows ME doesn't ask for the driver: it accepts the
periferal and all works.
With the joystick there wasn't a disk with the driver... so.. my
problem is..
which driver I have to give to windows 2000 ?
Why windows ME works and 2000 not ?


That's not surprising at all, in fact, it's to be expected. W2K, like
all NT based OSs does not allow direct access to hardware. A serial port
game port requires a serial miniport driver specifically written for W2K,
otherwise the hardware won't get past the HAL (hardware Abstraction Layer).
The answer to your question is: if a driver is available for W2K, use
it. Otherwise, the hardware isn't W2K compatible, get a new joystick.The
driver catalog is huge enough in W2K that there really is no need to add the
presence of an inefficient serial joystick driver.


Thank you very much for your help

Best regards
Giovanni

P.S. If you can reply also to my mail adress. Thank you



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Old October 11th 03, 07:40 AM
jamotto
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"SaltPeter" wrote in message ...
"Giovanni" wrote in message
om...
Hello guys,

I have a SoudBlaster Live 5.1 correctly configured under windows 2000
professional service pack 3.
I have a analog joystick connected to the gameport of the sound card.
The joystick is a simple, generic, un-branded, 2 axis with 2 buttons.

I open the control panel, joystick and I choose 2 axis - 2 buttons
joystick.
Windows asks me the driver for this input device.
Strange that windows ME doesn't ask for the driver: it accepts the
periferal and all works.
With the joystick there wasn't a disk with the driver... so.. my
problem is..
which driver I have to give to windows 2000 ?
Why windows ME works and 2000 not ?


That's not surprising at all, in fact, it's to be expected. W2K, like
all NT based OSs does not allow direct access to hardware. A serial port
game port requires a serial miniport driver specifically written for W2K,
otherwise the hardware won't get past the HAL (hardware Abstraction Layer).
The answer to your question is: if a driver is available for W2K, use
it. Otherwise, the hardware isn't W2K compatible, get a new joystick.The
driver catalog is huge enough in W2K that there really is no need to add the
presence of an inefficient serial joystick driver.


Thank you very much for your help

Best regards
Giovanni

P.S. If you can reply also to my mail adress. Thank you


Thats a very strange problem tried it out for myself. I have a
SoundBlaster Audigy, running win2k service pack 4. I dragged out a no
name analog joystick and plugged it in the game port. Went to control
panel, selected gaming options
, hit add..., double clicked 2 axis and 2 button, returned me to the
controllers tab with a status of OK, I calibrated the joystick and
played a flight sim. Perhaps it's the service pack 4 or creative also
install's a game port driver do you have that? It's listed in the
device manager under sound,video, game controllers. Just a thought.
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Old June 28th 04, 06:37 AM
Shaun L. Anderson
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Is the "Human Interface Device Access" Service set to "Automatic" under
services?
if not set it to start automatically (RTFWHF) Read The Freaking Windows Help
File

"Giovanni" wrote in message
om...
Hello guys,

I have a SoudBlaster Live 5.1 correctly configured under windows 2000
professional service pack 3.
I have a analog joystick connected to the gameport of the sound card.
The joystick is a simple, generic, un-branded, 2 axis with 2 buttons.

I open the control panel, joystick and I choose 2 axis - 2 buttons
joystick.
Windows asks me the driver for this input device.
Strange that windows ME doesn't ask for the driver: it accepts the
periferal and all works.
With the joystick there wasn't a disk with the driver... so.. my
problem is..
which driver I have to give to windows 2000 ?
Why windows ME works and 2000 not ?

Thank you very much for your help

Best regards
Giovanni

P.S. If you can reply also to my mail adress. Thank you



 




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