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The game port devices may not be upgraded after you upgrade from Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, or Windows Millennium Edition to Windows XP
Microsoft has updated a knowledge base article previously posted under Q298062.
If you upgrade from Windows 98, SE or ME to Windows XP the Game Port may not be available, to fix this error you have to add the device manually from Hardware Manager as described in the article.
Important to note in this case is that many people may not know that an upgrade version of Windows XP allows a clean install if it can verify a previous Windows version that is eligable for upgrade, (usually during setup it will ask for the Win98/SE or ME cd).
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SYMPTOMS
After you upgrade from either Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition, or Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me) to Windows XP, the game port devices may not be available.
CAUSE
This problem can occur because the upgrade process has not automatically upgraded the game port devices. The drivers and the configuration of game port devices is different in Windows XP in comparison to Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Me.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, add the game port devices after the upgrade process is completed. In Control Panel, double-click Game Controllers, click Add, and then add the devices.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
This problem is known to occur with Microsoft SideWinder Game Pad (a game controller).
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