Originally posted by wrag
Hmmm I'm using a CHPro setup ...
stick and pedals are analog and the throttle is USB. I can't use the crtlmanager with this setup. I do use speedkeys.
No problems here......
When I do, or have, run into problems with stick setup I delete the old CFG and redo from start. Seems to take care of everything.
W98se (XP and it's virus/trojan/worm problems is not something I want right now) Plus the output for new stick/pedals and XP etc. etc. is not something I wanna put out right now as my monitor is acting up.
I also confess I was very disappointed at what I preceived as MicroSoft's arrogance in the decision to delete the analog controls and controllers. If someone would care to give me a good reason for this action I would thank them. Kinda gettin fed up with this planned out money makin thing. Vid cards .... PCI was better then .... AGP was better then ... Now it's super PCI .... then what super AGP?
Analog was better then digital was the claim a few years ago then the claim is DIGITAL!!!!! geeeezzzz all this is gettin old 
I grant some changes are very good (USB has some excellent things about it) but some seem to be more for the money they make then anything else.
There got my annual M$ rant out and should be OK for awhile .
May go to Linux, keep thinkin about it, yep may go to Linux...........
Asus MB A7V8X-X
AMD 2500+ Barton
ATI9800 Pro 128
SBPCI512 soundcard ( onboard MB sound causes problems and need the card for analog port. )
bios version 1009 (there is a 1010 but everything works right now)
latest via 4 in 1
latest Cat driver
Sound driver is dated 1999 and nothing newer at the SB site.
Hope this helps 
Hi Wrag, (I seem to remember you fron AW many moons ago)
I am glad you arent having any problems, but I hope I can help you clear up a few things (misconceptions) that I think you may have. I use Win98SE on 2 backup machines (even then as a double or triple boot with other OSs) it is in no way in the same league as WinXP in terms of stability! I am no flag-waver for MS but I am a network administrator, and at the beginning of last year when we switched from Win98 to XP systems the number of software-related problems has almost vanished. GONE are the BSODs (blue screen of death) You mention some of the exploits that have been written to attack XP... thats pretty fair, but the OS is a target by virtue of the number of computers that run on that OS. ANY OS can be hacked or exploited, but hackers prefrer to spend their time where the numbers are. A 'more bang for the buck' thing i suppose. If you're the big guy on the block, face it, you have a huge target painted on your backside. Security updates are constantly being released and service packs as well. I am using a beta version of the upcoming Service Pack 2 release, its primary focus is security and there are some nice features that are aimed primarily at novice users. No operating system is immune to someone who is determined to cause trouble... Linux, Unix, Windows, MAC. The one thing that windows does have on its side is that the user base is so broad for home and business use that when an exploit is discovered the demand is high to fix it quickly. Unfortunately some people do not check for critical updates often enough (check at least once a month)
The new technology is driven primarily by market demand, it seems that we as consumers are on a never-ending "quest for speed" This is not a bad thing, since 81 computers have doubled in power consistently every year. You mentioned the new PCI Express technology, at present it is capable of handling 3.7 times the data of the current PCI bus technology. We all want faster performing video cards and sound cards and right now with the great speed of modern processors the current decade-old PCI bus is now the bottleneck for many systems.
I use analog gameport controllers when i fly. (You are never supposed to mix USB and gameport devices - something isnt gonna work!) The only problem I had was programming them beforehand, but this was no biggie, I just used an old machine that has 98 installed and ran speed-keys to program the throttle and stick, and i was done. This doesnt work inside XP because a security exploit that is wide open in 98 was closed in Win2000 and subsequent releases. Yes someone figured out how to emulate keyboard input remotely using the method that we use to program the game controllers that use keyboard pass-throughs. This honestly was not something that MS developed just to mess with us.
I am telling you from personal and professional experience that WinXP has saved me more headaches than you can imagine. Without sounding like a MS drum-beater I will say that its stability is its biggest asset I like the idea of having a computer that doesnt need to be rebooted every now and then so it will resync with my network, or has to be rebooted after every change that you make. WinXP also has system restore... nice feature if you install software that causes problems. Also Win98 is limited to 512MB RAM, on the other side, I wouldnt use WinXP without 256 as a minimum! WinXP also has native support for 2 Processors and up to (I believe) 8GB RAM. That's a lot of room to grow. Users can bog down any computer on any OS by not being selective about software they install and how they maintain their machine. Ask the other XP users who are past the initial adjustment period. (I have been using WinXP since its early Beta days in early 2001) The vast majority will tell you about its stability, ease of use, ease of setup and many other features.
I hope you'll at least look into this seriously, as I believe that with the speed of your system on a true 32bit OS, you will certainly be able to benefit from the upgrade. Hell, for that matter, ask Skuzzy, I would think that he would tell you the same thing. If you have any specific questions that I might be able to help you with, just let me know. GOOD LUCK!
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