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JSI Tip 3013. No warning when a user tries to install a USB joystick without admin privileges?

If an ordinary user tried to install a game controller that connects to a joystick port, they would use Control Panel / Game Controllers. The Game Controller applet would warn the user that they were not logged on with administrative priviledges.

Because a USB device is Plug and Play, it doesn't require the Game Controller applet, and no warning is issued. The user is unable to install the device.


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