Control Panel > Game Controllers - WinXP?

HarryM1BYT · 10th July 2012, 11:10

With a joystick installed, if I click on Game Controllers - I just see a brief eggtimer replace the mouse cursor and nothing more. All of the other Control Panel icons work normally apart from this. Anyone know of a fix please?

I also have two copies of Network Connections, each slightly different from the other when opened.

James.uk · 10th July 2012, 13:48

Try uninstalling the game controllers driver, then reboot. It should ask for the driver location again, then put the driver CD for the game controller in your CDrom drive and it should sort itself out..

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HarryM1BYT · 10th July 2012, 14:33

I have just tried that, apart from installing the drivers from CD (XP found its drivers), but it made no difference.

James.uk · 10th July 2012, 16:25

Hmmm. Sounds like you need to run your anti Malware Harry, coz I think you have a bug...

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Chappy 2 · 25th August 2012, 22:12

You could try a system restore. Take it back a week or so and try your driver disk again.
Might be worth a try, you can always undo if it doesn't work..

HarryM1BYT · 26th August 2012, 09:44

Definately not malware and system restore will not help, the problem has been there for a while.

It no great inconvenience, just more of a curiosity.

chipsceola · 26th August 2012, 13:20

XP does not always use the proper driver, have had several occassions where printers, graphics cards etc. had XP drivers installed and failed to work as they should, remedy was always to install the mnfr drivers, or latest update, for a permanent fix. Can't say your controllers will have same issue, but as it's been that way for sometime, it's a good and inexpensive possibility.
Chips

HarryM1BYT · 26th August 2012, 13:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by chipsceola

XP does not always use the proper driver, have had several occassions where printers, graphics cards etc. had XP drivers installed and failed to work as they should, remedy was always to install the mnfr drivers, or latest update, for a permanent fix. Can't say your controllers will have same issue, but as it's been that way for sometime, it's a good and inexpensive possibility.
Chips

Time to own up.....

The actual joystick (rather a fancy Logitech one) has always worked fine and I had always been able to use its control panel icon.

During a moment of nostalgia, I installed a copy of Elite adapted for the PC, which is supposed to be able to use the PC's Joystick. playing Elite had turned into a obsession with me, during the days of the BBC computers.

What I found was the joystick's 'UP' would work, but not the 'DOWN' in Elite, but the joystick worked fine with everything else. So then I tried opening it up in Control Panel, but its icon did nothing.

chipsceola · 26th August 2012, 23:33

If you still have the mnfr CD why not re-install the original drivers anyway, and with luck the Elite will work properly with them, seems to me when you installed the game at least one of the driver files changed. It;s not unknown for several copies of the same file to be installed, each attributed to different software.

My solution as always not foolproof and no guarantees of a cure, but, takes only a short time to do, and 50/50 chance of success.
Chips

10th July 2012, 11:10	#1
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10th July 2012, 14:33	#3
HarryM1BYT This is my second home 75 Contemporary SE Mk II 2004 Man. Sal. CDTi 135ps, FBH on red diesel, WinCE6 DD Join Date: May 2010 Location: Leeds Posts: 17,273 Thanks: 2,160 Thanked 2,061 Times in 1,586 Posts	I have just tried that, apart from installing the drivers from CD (XP found its drivers), but it made no difference. __________________ Harry How To's and items I offer for free, or just to cover the cost of my expenses... http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...40#post1764540 Fix a poor handbrake; DIY ABS diagnostic unit; Loan of the spanner needed to change the CDT belts; free OBD diagnostics +MAF; Correct Bosch MAF cheap; DVB-T install in an ex-hi-line system; DD install with a HK amp; FBH servicing. I've taken a vow of poverty. To annoy me, send money.

26th August 2012, 09:44	#6
HarryM1BYT This is my second home 75 Contemporary SE Mk II 2004 Man. Sal. CDTi 135ps, FBH on red diesel, WinCE6 DD Join Date: May 2010 Location: Leeds Posts: 17,273 Thanks: 2,160 Thanked 2,061 Times in 1,586 Posts	Definately not malware and system restore will not help, the problem has been there for a while. It no great inconvenience, just more of a curiosity. __________________ Harry How To's and items I offer for free, or just to cover the cost of my expenses... http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...40#post1764540 Fix a poor handbrake; DIY ABS diagnostic unit; Loan of the spanner needed to change the CDT belts; free OBD diagnostics +MAF; Correct Bosch MAF cheap; DVB-T install in an ex-hi-line system; DD install with a HK amp; FBH servicing. I've taken a vow of poverty. To annoy me, send money.

10th July 2012, 13:48	#2
James.uk Passed Away 2002 Pale Blue. Rover 75 CDTi Connoisseur auto. 170K miles Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Near the M67. Posts: 14,509 Thanks: 199 Thanked 585 Times in 397 Posts	Try uninstalling the game controllers driver, then reboot. It should ask for the driver location again, then put the driver CD for the game controller in your CDrom drive and it should sort itself out.. ...

10th July 2012, 16:25	#4
James.uk Passed Away 2002 Pale Blue. Rover 75 CDTi Connoisseur auto. 170K miles Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Near the M67. Posts: 14,509 Thanks: 199 Thanked 585 Times in 397 Posts	Hmmm. Sounds like you need to run your anti Malware Harry, coz I think you have a bug... ...

25th August 2012, 22:12	#5
Chappy 2 Regular poster Rover 75 Club SE Tourer Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Risca ~ Gwent Posts: 48 Thanks: 22 Thanked 7 Times in 4 Posts	You could try a system restore. Take it back a week or so and try your driver disk again. Might be worth a try, you can always undo if it doesn't work..

26th August 2012, 13:20	#7
chipsceola This is my second home Jaguar XF 3.0D Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Southampton Posts: 4,364 Thanks: 119 Thanked 509 Times in 426 Posts	XP does not always use the proper driver, have had several occassions where printers, graphics cards etc. had XP drivers installed and failed to work as they should, remedy was always to install the mnfr drivers, or latest update, for a permanent fix. Can't say your controllers will have same issue, but as it's been that way for sometime, it's a good and inexpensive possibility. Chips

26th August 2012, 23:33	#9
chipsceola This is my second home Jaguar XF 3.0D Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Southampton Posts: 4,364 Thanks: 119 Thanked 509 Times in 426 Posts	If you still have the mnfr CD why not re-install the original drivers anyway, and with luck the Elite will work properly with them, seems to me when you installed the game at least one of the driver files changed. It;s not unknown for several copies of the same file to be installed, each attributed to different software. My solution as always not foolproof and no guarantees of a cure, but, takes only a short time to do, and 50/50 chance of success. Chips