[games_access] Vista problems with JoyToKey - can anyone help?

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Amit...dyslexia rules! I have that too. :) We're such non-linear, creative thinkers, don't you think? ;)

Michelle

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>Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:25:13 -0500
>From: "Amit Pitaru [LIST]" <list at pitaru.com>  
>Subject: Re: [games_access] Vista problems with JoyToKey - can anyone help?  
>To: "'IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List'" <games_access at igda.org>
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>   Hey Barrie,
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>   Thank, I'll definitely try out the 5 steps you
>   mention below. If needed, I'll email Ryo in Japanese
>   (my wife is from Tokyo) and try to sort it out. But
>   first I should test it on Vista in person as I
>   wasn't there when the student installed it with the
>   OT.
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>   All the best,
>
>   Amit
>
>    
>
>   PS - sorry for misspelling you name (again!) -
>   Dyslexia is at fault.
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>   From: games_access-bounces at igda.org
>   [mailto:games_access-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of
>   Barrie Ellis
>   Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 8:22 AM
>   To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
>   Subject: Re: [games_access] Vista problems with
>   JoyToKey - can anyone help?
>
>    
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>   Hi Amit,
>
>   Visat compatibility problems - predictable wasn't
>   it? All I have so far as way of a possible solution
>   (not tested it yet) is this:
>
>   1. Right Click on JoyToKey.exe
>   2. Click properities
>   3. Go to Compatibility Tab
>   4. Check "Run this program in compatibility
>   mode"(Make sure it's XP SP2)
>   5. Check "Run this program as an administrator"
>
>   The author of JoyToKey is Ryo Ohkubo and you can
>   find his e-mail within the README file of JoyToKey.
>   He speaks a little English. It would be great to get
>   a fix sorted out. Good luck!
>
>    
>
>   Oh - and by the way - It's Barrie - not Berrie!
>
>    
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>   All the best,
>
>    
>
>   Barrie
>
>   www.OneSwitch.org.uk
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>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Amit Pitaru [LIST]
>   To: 'IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List'
>   Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 3:28 AM
>   Subject: Re: [games_access] Vista problems with
>   JoyToKey - can anyone help?
>
>   Hey Berrie,
>    
>   One of my students is having similar problems with
>   Vista at home. I wasn't there myself but the OT told
>   me it doesn't run on the child's machine. I'm not
>   sure if it's a compatibility with the gamepad or the
>   software. Who's the author of this great software?
>   Perhaps I can get in touch with them and help
>   recompile the source-code.
>    
>   Cheers,
>   Amit
>    
>    
>
>   From: games_access-bounces at igda.org
>   [mailto:games_access-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of
>   Barrie Ellis
>   Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 3:39 AM
>   To: IGDA GA mailing list
>   Subject: [games_access] Vista problems with JoyToKey
>   - can anyone help?
>    
>   I have a person trying to get JoyToKey work with a
>   standard PC USB joypad. They've just upgraded to
>   Vista. I'm not sure if there is a compatibility
>   problem here.
>    
>   Does anyone out there have Vista running on their PC
>   and a USB Joypad?
>    
>   If so, do you have time to test out JoyToKey,
>   please:
>    
>   http://www.oneswitch.org.uk/2/I/JoyToKey/JoyToKey.htm
>    
>   All I want to know is - can you get your joystick to
>   act as the keyboard or mouse?
>    
>   Here's a one-switch on-line game that just uses
>   SPACE that would be a good test:
>    
>   http://www.idiombox.com/oneswitch/Spaced_Out.dcr
>    
>   Thanks!
>    
>   Barrie
>   www.OneSwitch.org.uk
>    
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