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[Lord Shonus]

Well you could just...unplug it, but I assume that's not practical.  I don't know what else.

That's what I do now, but it prevents me from running the cable neatly down the back of my desk and into a rear USB port instead of using the front ones. I hate using those because I have an awful habit of catching the cord with my leg and damaging the port.

[Parsely]

Take a peek at the Device Manager if you're using Windows 10, and see if you can disable your flight stick in there. Re-enable when you wish to use the stick.

[TheBiggerFish]

Take a peek at the Device Manager if you're using Windows 10, and see if you can disable your flight stick in there. Re-enable when you wish to use the stick.

Any Windows version.

Or at least, 7.

[Lord Shonus]

I was hoping for something a little less intensive, but I suppose that would work.

[Alastar]

...and that's why everything should be doable on the command line.
Find out the syntax once, create a shortcut or whatever. *headdesk*

[TheBiggerFish]

It probably is.

[Aklyon]

It probably is.

It probably isn't in windows 10!

[wierd]

There MIGHT be powershell functions to disable a USB device by calling its device ID... I will check.

(checks)

Looks doable.

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/heyscriptingguy/2014/05/25/weekend-scripter-use-powershell-to-find-and-disable-webcams/

Instead of a USB webcam, use devcon the way he is doing it, but point it at the joystick ID instead.

It might be possible to tie all this together, so that instead of calling your game executable directly, call a script that first disables the device, then calls the game then re-enables the device after the game closes. Point your shortcut at the script.  Boom. Joystick always disabled when playing the offending title.

[Tiruin]

Is there anyway to upgrade a graphics...system(?) for a laptop? Inquiring ahead because a friend/family shared Fallout 4 though they mentioned it was graphics intensive and I wondered 'ok let's try it out', and it lags a ton on this laptop of mine that has been my PC since half a decade.

PTW in this thread too! And thanks in advance!

[EnigmaticHat]

I have a case and a mobo, as you do.  Case has USB 3 connector to connect to USB 3 header in mobo.  Both are 20 pin with one pin missing in the corner.

Problem is... the corner is opposite on each!  Like they're both the same thing but... mirrored, if that makes sense?  I'm holding the mobo manual and the case manual side by side and if I try to connect these two things, pin 10/11 on each will connect to pin 1/20 on the other.

I feel like I'm losing my mind.  Is that supposed to happen?  Should I just plug them in?

[Thief^]

Is there anyway to upgrade a graphics...system(?) for a laptop? Inquiring ahead because a friend/family shared Fallout 4 though they mentioned it was graphics intensive and I wondered 'ok let's try it out', and it lags a ton on this laptop of mine that has been my PC since half a decade.

PTW in this thread too! And thanks in advance!

No.

(sorry)

[Arx]

Depending on the laptop you can chop and change the CPU, but short answer is no. CPU only helps in certain circumstances anyway.

The problem with laptops is that they're small, and graphics cards are big (if they're properly cooled).

[Flying Dice]

Best you can do is turn everything down until it looks 2004 vintage.

[heydude6]

Best you can do is turn everything down until it looks 2004 vintage.

Many games don't give you that option, at best it's 2007 vintage.

[feelotraveller]

Is there anyway to upgrade a graphics...system(?) for a laptop? Inquiring ahead because a friend/family shared Fallout 4 though they mentioned it was graphics intensive and I wondered 'ok let's try it out', and it lags a ton on this laptop of mine that has been my PC since half a decade.

PTW in this thread too! And thanks in advance!

To answer the question behind your question, you might be able to get it running (somewhat) better but perhaps with a bit less eye candy.  Do an internet search along the lines of "Fallout 4 Performance".  (Another term to try would be "Optimization" but you'll probably get more than enough from the first recommendation.)  There are lots of people who have gone before you!    Be critical about what you do with the suggestions, in particular I would generally advise against installing any third party software.  But steps like editing ini's are completely reversible if you do not like the results.  Other possibilities like lower resolution textures fall somewhere in between.  Backups are very useful.

Good luck, I did lots of this to get Skryim to run on a machine that was well below minimum required specifications and it worked.