You can get a copy of any of the old versions here:

www.empirisoft.com/download_old.aspx

Send the code that comes up to service@emp.. If you are licensed for a later version, you are always welcome to use an earlier version if you choose to. I can't imagine the joystick codes have changed. If you run one of the very simple samples that comes with DirectRT (like text.csv in the bare bones sample folder) that allows for "rt:any"--does it also refuse to accept input from the stick?