I remember having the (X45 or similar model at the time that was for the actual game-controler/midi port, not USB) back in the late 90s as a kid, the SST software was so buggy causing random lockups and BSODs that we ended up just returning the joystick back to the store.
Now I currently own an X45, Command Unit, Gamer's Keyboard, Cyborg V.7 Keyboard, and RAT7 mouse. And for the most of it I cannot complain about them, some of this stuff is coming to be arround 7-8 years old now and still functions fine through all the abuse and usage. And for the most of my gaming needs the SST software dose the job just fine. Until I started trying some fancy macros with my Cyborg V7 keybaord in dosBox, like yourself I assigned some of the C-Keys (programmable buttons) as a "Shift Key", and it is instant BSOD as soon as I press one of the keys I assigned to be a shift key.
It is interesting to see that somone else is having a similar issue with another Saitek product. It Appears to be a nasty bug in it that causes locking and BSODs when you try to program your own shift keys.
Sadly this is about as much help as I can provide since I contacted Saitek's support by email last spring about this and have not heard anything back on it. But what I find even more disturbing about it all is that I remember signing up to Saitek's offical forums and I thought I asked about this issue last summer. But when I tried to log back onto the forums it turns out they had deleted my account and banned my email adress :/
I'll have to try giving thier tech support a call sometime, at minimal to get a message through to the dev team to try and fix this issue (or even become aware of it if they are not).
It is sad to see these great products being held back by weak software.
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