DirectInput Joystick Initial State

[RayLSmith]

Having problems with the initial state of DirectInput when using a Joystick,

It doesn't recognise correctly the first button press (or any other input) and always returns
Init State:
Offset: Y, Value: 32703 Timestamp: 462722671 Sequence: 1

Thereafter it works fine.

Is there something I can do to correct this?

Using the keyboard does not have this problem.

Thanks

Ray