HAT Problems....Please Help

Hello Everyone,I have a MS Precision 2 joystick that no matter what I try, I am unable to use the HAT. I went into the view settings and assigned the hat to a view. When I went to assign a different view, the HAT assignment went on the new selection and removed itself from the prior assignment. Is there something I can do to get the HAT to work? It acts the same in the normal view, and the virtual view. I am running XP as well.