you might Google for driver cleaner, we used that a lot to clean out drivers
for video card swapping, there were more settings in that free util.

the latest drivers for the g25, should include the "drivers" needed for the
gamepad, I mean once you got the wheel installed (you set it to ID=0
somewhere), then the pad should be pretty generic, set it to be some other
id # then you should been good to go. I fought this once with Sidewinder
pads and wheels, until I realized, don't buy same MFG stuff (read that as
don't own 2 Logitech game type controllers), you may not have a choice I
know, haven't used a controller other than a wheel in 4 years as I said
because of the frustration you have right now....


"Lol" > wrote in message
...
> G25 used to work perfectly, but in trying to get a Logitech gamepad to
> work for the youngling's foorball game I stupidly installed updated
> drivers for that device.
> Err.. it was a Logitech, and my G25 now does not initialise on power on.
> The found new hardware wizard gives a "problem installing this device"
> etc.
> I remember all this happening when I first got the G25, and was so foolish
> as to update the driver to the latest 508. That killed it then in just the
> same way. I remember that I only recovered by using a recent Acronis image
> backup.
>
> I've just tried that and it didn't work - neither did uninstalling all
> Logitech software from add/remove and re-installing the driver that used
> to work - v5.0.
>
> Surely it is just a registry entry somewhere - surely somewhere here knows
> the problem - and solution??
>
> Many thanks,
> Lol
>
>