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Getting up and running in Vista
ART:
In order to run under Vista takes a couple of steps..
1) First, run the install as per normal.
2) Now you need to run the file enclosed as the attachment to this topic. Save it , unzip it to memoryoverride.reg , and just double click it, it modifies
the registry to allow MAch3's driver to run.
3) Now you need to go to the C:\Mach3 folder, (or wherever you installed Mach3) and right click drivertest.exe , select
"Run as Adminstrator.". It should tell you to reboot. Do so, or you will crash. No question about it..
4) Now you shoudl be able to run Mach3, try the drivertest.exe again, and it shoudl run.
Note:
You may get errors reported when running DriverTest, in fact it may not run at all first time, then
Vista will ask you if you wish to run it in compatability mode. DO so, and it will run..
borrisl:
Senerio:
Installed Mach 3 as per instructions. Modified registry with .reg file. Everything works, but with version .049 which caused some jittery motion with G-Code.
Un-installed Mach 3 and re-installed using .059 version. Checked driver, all seems well, but Mach 3 does not show driver being enabled on when running the controller.
Tried re-running the .reg file. Re-tested using drivertest.exe. Still no response on the controller.
Please advise.
Haik:
Vista Laptop/Notebook wireless-LAN (WLAN) confuses Grex-Loader.exe and G100 Discovery:
I've discovered that Grex-Loader.exe will not find the G100 that's connected to the (wired) LAN in a laptop that has it's WLAN "enabled." I've validated this on 2 different laptops running Vista. Apparently, Grex-Loader.exe only polls the 1st network device it finds instead of enumerating the available devices.
The fix is to simply defeat the internal WLAN hardware using the physical ON/OFF switch or button that most laptops have. If your WLAN hardware is PCMCIA just eject it when connecting to G100 via LAN cable if you're having this problem.
-Haik
Keywords: No G100's found in system, No G100 instances found, Error during DISCOVERY phase, G100 Status
Haik:
Vista UAC (User Account Control) is an avoidable hassle:
You know all those popups that nag you to Continue asking you to "Allow" or "Cancel", especially when you've set the property on an application (like Mach3.exe) or it's shortcut to "Run as administrator"?
Well... there's a couple of better ways to go.
1) Log in as "Administrator"; When logged in as Administrator, and beware that logged in with an account that belongs to the "Administrators Group" won't do, you'll never be nagged by UAC again! To do this you will 1st need to "enable" the Administrator user account as it is defaulted as "disabled", then set it's Password (recommended) and you're ready to log in as Administrator. Obviously, Administrator is a "local" account so if you're joined to a domain (not using a workgroup) you won't have access to your domain assets until you log back in with domain user account. Very few of us setup a domain so this should't be a problem.
Or...
2) Disable Admin Approval Mode; This defeats the feature all together, which is kind of dramatic compared to the above. The article at this link explains all about it-
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/0d75f774-8514-4c9e-ac08-4c21f5c6c2d91033.mspx?mfr=true
(Scroll down half the page and look for title "Disable Admin Approval Mode")
What is it? How it works and more is at that link too.
I like to use the 1st one, It has really simplified my use of Vista while running Mach3 and some other software I use while machining.
-Haik
Keywords: Run as administrator, Allow, Cancel
CDyckes:
Anyone else managed to get Mach3 (latest build) running on Vista?
I can get drivertest and Mach3 to run, but the pulse timing is VERY erratic and makes it unusable.
I'm running on a 2.13GHz Dell Inspiron 9300 Notebook with 6800Go graphics.
(I've just ordered an ncPod - is this the way forward for Vista usage?)
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