Many suggestions pretty much ended in a dead end. Recommendations suggesting clearing out devices in registry abound but nothing worked for me.
I tried plugging it into different USB ports nothing.Ī Google search brings up multiple hits about Sidewinder joysticks suddenly 'dying' on Win7 and above. Then when I decided to fire up games like LHX or Falcon I noticed it wasn't working which then made me bring up device / gamepad control panel and noticed it wasn't even being detected. In fact it's been connected to a USB port in the back thinking nothing of it. I recently wanted to dabble again with some old school sims in DosBox and I've had my trusty Microsoft Sidewinder Precision 2 joystick on my desk for months (it doubles as a handy headset holder for my Logitech headset) but never used it. I'm not sure where to post this since I only ever use my Precision 2 for old school gaming like DOS simulators (Falcon 3.0 and LHX ftw), so I figure I'd post it here.
