Sidewinder 3d pro always "not connected"

[Tiphon 0]

Hi

 

I have plugged my sidewinder 3d pro on my sb live.

When I click "add" in the game controller, and then I select

Sidewinder, windows finds my sidewinder 3d pro but it always appears

as "not connected"

 

Any idea would be welcome

[Tiphon 0]

I forgot to say that I'm using windows xp

[JP- 0]

hmm, i had a quick look but MS seems to have completely dumped support for all the gameport connected devices Is this an upgrade install of XP or a fresh one?

[Tiphon 0]

it is a fresh one

[SHS 0]

what your system spec Tiphon

[akoum 0]

I have to use the USB adapter that came with mine to get it to work under 2000/XP. If yours came with one use it and you should not have any problems.