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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Install on XP

« on: January 18, 2018, 02:05:17 PM »

Thanks for the reply and all the information. I hate to say it (after you wrote all of that), but I’m taking your advice from your last paragraph and upgrading my OS.  This computer will only be running Mach and the ESS plugin, and would never be connected to a network, so XP was still an option.  But trying to get new software (or hardware) to run on an obsolete OS isn’t much fun!

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Install on XP

« on: January 16, 2018, 09:28:21 AM »

Was this the final resolution on the problem? 

I'm trying to run Mach 4 4.2.3481 on a Windows XP machine that's been updated to the XP Service Pack 3, but I've stripped out as much as possible since this will be dedicated only to running Mach 4.  When I tried to run Mach 4, it gave me the message that the core could not be initialized, and stated: "rc = -17" in the error message.  I have an Ethernet Smooth Stepper, and installed NET 4.0 as part of the installation process for it.  Is there a difference between NET 4.0 and NET 3.5? 

I installed the .NET service pack 3.5 and it now runs, but it takes more than a minute for Mach 4 to come up, and the screen scaling changes.  If Mach 4 doesn't require .net, how is it that it now runs?

I should also mention that I was able to run an earlier version of Mach 4 on this same computer, using the same XP image as a starting point.  I also had Mach 3 installed, so I don't know if it installed something that made Mach 4 work as well?

Should I be trying the 2013 runtime redistribution package?  I don't understand the side by side configuration, but has anyone been able to get it working using your recommended method?  What is a "KB update" referring to?

Thanks.

Ryan