- Apr 7, 2002
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I just installed XP Pro on my PC, clean install (had XP Home before). Everything works fine except my Sidewinder Gamepad (old-school gameport one). I go to the Game Controllers item in Control Panel, and add "Microsoft SideWinder (Auto Detect)". No matter if my gamepad is plugged in or not, I get the controller as "Microsoft SideWinder 3D Pro", and not connected as its status. I know my gameport is detected and works, I have all the latest updates (DX 9a, Creative Drivers, etc.), and it will not work. I don't see how it can be a problem with XP since the gamepad worked fine with XP Home. I really do not want to have to buy the newer USB version of the pad, so hopefully someone has a suggestion as to what to do.