Windows 10: Sidewinder 2 with FFB joystick recognised as an XBO 360 controller by Windows 10

Please could someone advise how to get Windows 10 to get it to recognise the controller correctly?I am aware Windows 10 does indeed support this joystick as plug and play but for some reason it is being seen as an XBOX 360 controller.Please could someone help. I even have the original install discs for the controller but so far not successful. I have tried uninstalling device and re plugging in but it keeps thinking its an XBOX 360 controller.Many thanksLen

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Sidewinder FFB Joystick problem

For more than ten years I own a sidewinder ffb joystick and use it with FS9 and FSX and other RC sims.

When moving from Win XP and an old PC to now a state of the art machine I had to adapt my SWffb from 15 pin sub D to USB. Found a solution by an arduino board and when first installing the FS9 and FS10 under Win 10 64 bit the joystick could be calibated in
all means and worked just fine.

Now since one of the last Windows 10 updates , when calibrating, the throttle wheel raw data is still running smooth, the converted data, I believe there is a windows joystick filter, the blue bar is erratic and the flight sims do not accept the throttle input.

When using a 32 bit system, everything is as it was before, everything is running smooth.

Could it be that, when updating, the windows joystick driver or filter is massed up?????

Regards

H.P.

 

SideWinder Precision 2 joystick

Is it possible to update a Microsoft SideWinder Precision 2 joystick to Windows 10?

 

Sidewinder FFB Joystick problem

Did you really comprehend what I have written. I believe not, because everything worked for more than 18 months, the installation of both flight sims on a Win 10 sytem, 64 bit, 16 Gigabyte RAM, Intel i7 Quad core 4.2 Ghz. Here are two links, that you should
really read, before you come up with some halfraw statements like "upgrading the stick".

Perhaps you missed the "When using a 32 bit system, everything is as it was before, everything is running smooth."

Which means Windows 10, 32 Bit system with all updates.

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