My computer finds Gameport joystick at Startup only I DON'T HAVE ONE ?

[Virgo]

I booted up my computer this morning and up pops this message , "Gameport joystick found". :Q I never installed any new devices and don't even have a Gameport joystick . So how does my computer come up with such a message? Could my computer be hacked ?

 

[SocrPlyr]

99% of computers w/ a sound card have a gameport... so you probably have one... now as to why it all of a sudden recognized it, your guess is as good as mine... the only thing i can think of is that it was removed from the device manager then it found it the next time you booted...
i don't believe you were hacked...
did you (or someone else) mess w/ any drivers the previous time you had the computer on?

Josh

 

[DaiShan]

same question as SocrPlyr above, but also could you please give us a little more info to go on, at least which soundcard and OS.

 

[Virgo]

Nobody was messing with my drivers.
---- Sound Card ----
Type: Unimodem Half Duplex Wave Device
Manufacturer: Microsoft
Driver Version: 4.90.3000

Windows ME

 

[corkyg]

Your sound card has a joystick port that is active. If there is a jumper in disable it, fine - otherwise you can disable it in Windows.

 

[Virgo]

So you guys think it was just a fluke or somethin?

 

[a200]

You're right. Just a fluke. Almost all sound cards and built in sound chips have support for a gameport. SocrPlyr knows the deal.