On 01/08/2013 03:05 PM, Piet Barber wrote:
I have a Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback 2 joystick.
Unfortunately, after upgrading to Windows 7, the force feedback part
doesn't work anymore. Now it just slops around with no tactile
center. I haven't been able to give ground instruction on a flight
simulator since this upgrade. This is terribly disappointing since
the operating system upgrade was done by Microsoft, and the hardware
made obsolete by the same company now makes it more or less useless.

Over in a Linux group, someone found a partial fix for the floppy stick.
http://scribblette.livejournal.com/643709.html