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General Mach Discussion / Re: Windows 7

« on: November 29, 2010, 05:07:22 PM »

My files are only around 2-5k lines. I'm just getting into this so my stuff isn't hugely complex. But I would think (and I'm open to correction on this)  this sort of thing would mainly depend on your computer and not the OS. Windows 7 is extremely stable in my experience and I run it on all my machines.

The computer running Mach is a 3ghz celeron (E3300 Wolfdale to be exact socket 775) with 2gigs of ram and a decent 7200rpm HD. I personally haven't experienced any issues on any of my machines running 7. I'm very new to CNC but not computers so I'm pretty confident in my claim that if the computer is good enough it shouldn't be an issue. I personally think a lot of the issues that happen with this stuff are down to old janky computers being used to run these machines. I think sometimes people have some unrealistic expectations.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Windows 7

« on: November 29, 2010, 02:21:12 AM »

My setup is on a computer running win 7 ultimate 32bit, and iv had no issues at all. I'm still very new to CNC and in the process of learning, but everything iv cut so far has been just fine. The computer is running Mach with zero issues. Solid as a rock so far. I never even though of running XP. The computer itself is a mini ATX computer I put together myself.

My setup is a Taig being run by gecko 203vs with some 286oz steppers driving the axis. Also have a relay in there for the spindle, and a safety charge pump. All works great. No complaints yet.

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Windows 7 32bit and Mach 3

« on: May 28, 2010, 03:06:25 PM »

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

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Mach3 under Vista / Windows 7 32bit and Mach 3

« on: May 28, 2010, 11:42:10 AM »

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