It was a good joystick that lasted over five years, so I'm not complaining too much. there was an issue with the usb cord, and i thought i could fix it, but taking the apart meant also disassembling every part of it, instead of just opening the base and fixing the wiring. it's in about a million parts scattered around my room. what Logitech drivers are you using that are compatible with the x52-pro? or are you saying that Logitech took over the saitek stuff? I miss my old Logitech Strike Force 3D joystick. maybe madcatz fixed the driver signing issue, since i last messed with the issue. I have been using the Smart Technology Programming Software 7.0.39 with the last Saitek signed drivers. So I would look for those ones if you haven't already. I never had issues with them on Windows 8.1 or now 10. The current drivers are by Logitech but they made some changes to the tray icon (by removing functionalities like default profile) and the programming suite (like not making the window resizable anymore, for some reason.), while not addressing any of the bugs that I know, so I downgraded to the MadCatz drivers. I use the 7.0.53.6 64bit drivers which are the newest MadCatz ones. Is that still an issue with the x-52 pro? in the end, i got everything working properly, but only by using a previous version driver. i had to sort my way through various versions till i came across the last win 7 version that was still signed properly (by Saitek).

Don't know if the situation has changed since i last dealt with the issue, but last time i had out my x-52 pro, i ended up having to dig around for previous versions of the driver software, because the 'new' madkatz signed drivers were Improperly signed and were getting blocked by windows. I already have the drivers and software installed, so it should be as easy as plugging it in. I will have to go get mine and try it out to see what it is like. You use your x-52 pro with ksp? I had never even considered using mine for this game.

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