Microsoft KB Archive/177440

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Pressing a SideWinder Joystick Button Records Game Actions

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ID: Q177440

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft SideWinder Game Device software version 2.0
 * Microsoft SideWinder 3D Pro, version 1.0
 * Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Pro, version 1.0
 * Microsoft SideWinder Precision Pro, version 1.0

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SYMPTOMS
When you press a SideWinder joystick button, you may record a game action in Microsoft SideWinder Profile Editor.

CAUSE
This issue can occur if the following conditions exist:


 * You are running SideWinder Profile Editor before you start the Game Controllers tool in Control Panel.
 * The dialog box displaying the properties for your SideWinder device is open and is the active window.
 * You click the SideWinder Profile Editor window to make it the active window, you click Record, and you then press a SideWinder joystick button.

RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, click the name of the SideWinder joystick button you want in SideWinder Profile Editor, click Stop, and then click Clear The Recorded Game Action.

STATUS
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbtool kbui sidewinder joystick

Version : WINDOWS:1.0,2.0

Platform : WINDOWS

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