OK, got it sussed!

The problem was in my report descriptor section..... originally, I had setup up a "joystick" descriptor, which worked, but then later I changed the descriptor to a "simulator control".

The confusing thing was that windows was happy to use this new descriptor, and I figure the HID PID/VID sections in the registery never got updated (ie windows still recognised the pedals as a joystick).

When I plugged them into another PC for the first time, windows installed the pedals as a simulator control and that is why they didn't show up into the game devices list.

After changing the report descriptor scetion back to a joystick - all is working!

I guess the moral of the story here is that if you use the same VID/PID for different USB applications your USB device may not install properly.

I found that just removing the usb device from the device manager isn't enough, as you may need to delete all keys in the registry that ref. the paticular PID/VID device.

Clear as #*$#@!! mud?

As for installing EasyHID - I haven't had any problems installing (XP Pro 32). I don't suppose you can set compatabillity to XP(32) for the setup file?

Cheers Squib