Thanks, it makes my whole work environment more stable. I can have a powerful computer in my shop, it has a dual port network card, one port connected to the internet and one port connected to my ESS Smoother Stepper, and my Relay Expansion Board. The Host computer has updates turned on, Norton 360 Protection Package, 4 Monitors, and host of applications I need during the day. The VMWare Virtual Computer has Windows 73 Bit which has ALL of the current Windows patches, but has Auto Updates turned off, it has no virus scan, (but is actually protected by the Norton 360 on the host computer) it also has access to the Dual Port network card so it has internet access. I use the Warp9 recommended thread priority settings
https://warp9td.com/index.php/faq/faq-windows#HigherPriorityLevelwhen I run Mach3. It works FLAWLESSLY every time. I run very large complex 3D routing Gcode as well as simple plasma cutting gcode, ever since I went with this setup I have not had an issue. If anyone would like any additional information please feel free to reach out. I also have a document on my site that will help with the process.
https://ngeneyes.com/download/smartscreens/VMWare-Settings-for-use-with-Mach3.pdf
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