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> Hello all,
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> I have a brand new Logitech Wingman Force 3D joystick, I am getting

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> ghost JS button presses (like brakes going on/off, views changing, etc.).

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> have tried out the joystick with other games and it works fine. Just not
> with MS FS 2004 (with latest 9.1 patch).
>
> I have updated all O/S and Device drivers including the joystick driver.

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> have run the calibration clear utility from Logitech and recalibrated. I
> have uninstalled, rebooted and reinstalled the J/S and Flight Sim as per

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> advice of Logitech Tech Support. Still no go... I have tried running FS
> directly via the desktop icon and via the Logitech launcher program.
>
> I do have the Logitech Joystick set as the preferred device. However I do
> have a USB to RS232 Interface showing up under Game Controllers. Is it
> possible MS Flight Sim is getting confused between the two even though I
> have selected the Logitech Joystick as the 'JS' device? It would appear

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> me that I should not have to go through all this trouble after spending a
> couple hundred dollars on a game and a new joystick... I have other games
> that work just fine with the joystick (no sporadic button presses...)
>
> The button presses that are occuring are happening every second so it

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> this game unusable and a big waste of my money. Of course the store I
> purchased the game from has a no refund policy on opened video games as do
> most stores nowadays...
>
> Microsoft or anyone else have any feedback on this issue?
>
> Ben
>
>

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> Hello all,
>
> I have a brand new Logitech Wingman Force 3D joystick, I am getting
> sporadic ghost JS button presses (like brakes going on/off, views
> changing, etc.). I have tried out the joystick with other games and it
> works fine. Just not with MS FS 2004 (with latest 9.1 patch).
>
> I have updated all O/S and Device drivers including the joystick driver.
> I have run the calibration clear utility from Logitech and recalibrated.
> I have uninstalled, rebooted and reinstalled the J/S and Flight Sim as per
> the advice of Logitech Tech Support. Still no go... I have tried running
> FS directly via the desktop icon and via the Logitech launcher program.
>
> I do have the Logitech Joystick set as the preferred device. However I do
> have a USB to RS232 Interface showing up under Game Controllers. Is it
> possible MS Flight Sim is getting confused between the two even though I
> have selected the Logitech Joystick as the 'JS' device? It would appear
> to me that I should not have to go through all this trouble after spending
> a couple hundred dollars on a game and a new joystick... I have other
> games that work just fine with the joystick (no sporadic button
> presses...)
>
> The button presses that are occuring are happening every second so it
> makes this game unusable and a big waste of my money. Of course the store
> I purchased the game from has a no refund policy on opened video games as
> do most stores nowadays...
>
> Microsoft or anyone else have any feedback on this issue?
>
> Ben
>

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> Figure it out. For some reason I had a USB to RS232 driver under my Game
> Controllers list. As soon as I removed the device and rebooted -

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> has been smooth sailing (or flying)... The device has not reappeared and

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> do not have such a piece of hardware. Good ol' Windows!
>
> Ben
>
> "Ben Kim" <bkim6NOSPAM@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message
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