Ever since I restored my comp. to orig., I can't load my joystick properly. It's a MS Sidewinder2. As I recall, I had this problem when I bought it . But since I don't get FREE tech support now I don't know what to do................No Flying for over a month now. Any Ideas?:-zhelp

What do you mean by "my comp. to orig." and which os are you using, Win98 or WinXP? Is you joystick plugged into the game controller port or USB port?What type controller chips and sound card do you have? Did you install any controller chips software or sound card software?Go to Device Manager, look through the list of hardware and see if you have any contentions, ?, !, X. If so, you need to install, replace, or update software drivers.