Two of my games, TRaiderII & TRaiderIII went unstable, the mouse would not control the program. Changed and checked everything to no avail. Then tried re-connecting the joystick port. All work after that. Contrary-wise one grandson's computer would not run some other game programs with the joystick connected!
I don't know what the logical connection between the mouse and joystick is.
Just passing along something to try to fix an ailing machine.
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Thread: Mouse with XP (home sp1)
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2003-08-30 04:35Mouse with XP (home sp1)
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2003-08-30 15:56Re: Mouse with XP (home sp1)
Some Games are not setup to work with JoySticks, just the mouse.
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2003-08-31 05:39Re: Mouse with XP (home sp1)
Yes but.....in all cases the joystick is not being used, just it's presence or not makes the difference. Hmmmmm....?
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2003-08-31 07:48Re: Mouse with XP (home sp1)
Sorry, ya lost me there. If the game is not setup for the Joystick, and only works with a mouse per instructions from the Manufacturer. The Joysticks presence is not known wheather it's pluged in or not. I have a Joystick {Wingman Extreme} pluged in and setup.I play all kinds of games. If I play a game that doesn't use or won't use a Joystick that game has no idea the Joystick is pluged in and ready. So I don't understand what you mean by, just it's presence or not makes a difference.
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