Hello there - Bear with my, this is my story for today.
I have what I call a peculiar problem.
I started up plugging in the controller and launching the CD i got with my joystick. It displayed some simple control dialogs where I could verify stuff - Worked great. I even got to fly some.
However my experience in buying electronics to PC is that it comes with a fairly out-dated software on the CD so I went to saitec and downloaded Smart Technology 7_0_27_13 64Bit to my Windows 7 64bit system. Now I launched it and I was told I had some outdated drivers and it would replace them or something.
No the shinnanigans started. The software told me to connect the controller, it detected it and displayed the 'Continue' button and I clicked it. It seem to start "replacing" so I went to take a piss. When I got back, all my controls were disabled, even the joystick. Nothing works. After several reboots etc. I had to unplug the joystick from the USB port and reboot my computer before I could have any mouse, keyboard or headphones. All connected to USB ports.
Now I atleast have managed to systemrestore to yesterday and managed to plug the joystick in. However if I try to install any software the carnage returns.
Appreciate any help / suggestion you guys might have.
Oh and the stick is brand new.. (and dont start on x55, I've seen it)
Thank you - Regards Saetheer