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need windows 7 drivers for sidewinder strategic commander

Anonymous
2011-05-22T01:48:17+00:00

I need window 7 drivers for my sidewinder strategic commander

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-06-24T15:01:13+00:00

    I find it was VERY hard to download the driver directly from

    http://strategic-engine.software.informer.com/1.3/

    so I am sharing another link.

    I did successfully install the drivers from this website

    http://www.picturemon.com/Downloads/StrategicSetupv1.3.zip

    the web owner stated on

    http://www.vistaheads.com/forums/microsoft-public-windows-vista-hardware-devices/10329-sidewinder-strategic-commander-problems-11.html

    "Okay, I Finally found a copy thanks guys (sarcasm) so others can download it. I'm putting it on my website. Oh and if the author of you software wants me too take it down don't hesitate to shoot me an email thanks."

    This version does work on my Win 7 64 Bit computer.

    I also posted it on my personal site so more people can use it.

    http://home.comcast.net/~formosanh/Sidewinder/StrategicSetupv1.3.zip

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-05-22T03:44:34+00:00

    Ah yes -  good old Strat Commander a sort of faithful and elegantly designed  friend for 6 years,

    well three of them actually  as the buttons were weak as....

    Nope - E-waste. Monopoly$soft stopped support for them way back in the dim dark distant past.

    I just dumped my last one 16 months ago (I can still remember saying good-bye)  when I built my Win7 machine. Logitech  G13 the go now and is a great improvement. The joystick works well and is more accurate than the  comfy hands on direction control on the Strat Com. The G13 is pretty comfy too.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-06-25T05:15:13+00:00

    Good on yea mate ! A nice bit of research.

    Looks like I was a bit rash dumping the dear old  Strat Comm.

    Well not really. It was good in it's day, even with weak keys, but the G13 trumps it

    at everything but  looks, and the concept ( not fine tuned - analogue would be a great improvement should MS do a new version)  of whole hand direction control.

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-05-22T12:41:51+00:00

    Agreed - If I wasn't a gamer I'd still be on XP,  or  Linux.

    But we both hold one MS product (even with it's faulty keys),

    the Strat Com, dear to our hearts eh ! lol....

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-05-22T11:03:35+00:00

    each day I hate M$ more and more and fall deeper in with my linux box. the only reason i just don't use linux over all is cause its a pain to set some games up.

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