Windows 7 32bit and Mach 3

[Rift]

Hey all new user here, and I have been reading up as much as I can on these forums trying to absorb the vast amount of information available.

So far everything has gone well and I made my first cut the other day with no issues.

My question pertains to the Vista reg patch. When I installed Mach 3 I had zero issues, I installed rebooted ran the driver test and everything was running fine.
Is the vista patch still necessary? I ask because I see that some people still had the need to use it under Win7. What exactly is that patch doing to make the software
function?

Like I said no issues so far everything has been an extremely smooth process, and is functioning great. I just want to make sure I'm not missing out on something with that patch.

Thanks in advanced for the help!

Rift

[Jeff_Birt]

I am using Win7 32bit on my laptop and did not install the patch. I am using a SmoothStepper though and as memory serves the patch was needed for the parallel port driver to work properly.

[Rift]

Hrmm I'm using the parallel port and all is working fine without the patch.

[Jeff_Birt]

Hmm...maybe it is not needed on Win7 at all then. Perhaps one of the Mach guys will let us know.