lasercut 5.3 and win7

[stan kern]

has anyone managed to get lasecut 5.3 working with win7,seems win7 will not recognize the dongle and it all quits right there

[Dan Hintz]

You'll most likely have issues getting it to work with anything beyond XP.

[James Jaragosky]

You'll most likely have issues getting it to work with anything beyond XP.
This is because Microsoft will not let you load any unsigned drivers or software into YOUR computer.
Microsoft started this with vista.
I have real issues with this policy. I should be the one that decides what software or drivers that I want to load into my machine. However, I digress.

[Dave Johnson29]

has anyone managed to get lasecut 5.3 working with win7,seems win7 will not recognize the dongle and it all quits right there

Hi Stan,

You would need to check on Device Drivers for win7 on the Lasercut website.

Other than that you will be stuck with whatever the last OS was that the dongle was written for.

You may want to read up on VirtualPC 2007. It is a Microsoft system and it is free. During the install it states it will not work on anything lower than Enterprise versions but I have it working fine under Vista Home and also XP Home. Ignore the warnings and proceed with the install.

Once you have that running, install an older operating system within the virtual PC, then install Lasercut and the dongle.

[stan kern]

well it really is not a big deal,as lasercut also supports drivers for corel draw 11.12.13 not the newest 14 nad autocad 2000,2004,2006 which again is way back.
Xp actually is fine to use ,i like win7 it seems to act like a mature xp pro but i went back to xp pro and everyhting is running fine ,wireless under win7 is the only thing i miss as its more sensitivre and i get a better signal strength.
My cnc router runs under xp pro ,i guess if its working leave it alone

[Dave Johnson29]

This is because Microsoft will not let you load any unsigned drivers or software into YOUR computer.


Hi James,

You might want to check this site...
http://www.techspot.com/vb/all/windows/t-127187-How-to-Install-amp-use-unsigned-drivers-in-Windows-Vista7-x64.html

Also google the following for some alternatives.
windows unsigned drivers

[Bob DeBuilder]

Hi all

Know this an old thread and my be answered elsewhere. I am new to laser cutting/engraving, just alignment mirrors and cut my first mdf letter.

Anyway l installed Laser cut 5.3 on win7, it's not the OS, the drivers are 32 bit only. So win7 32 bit works, 64 bit will not. I have a CNC router as well and its the same sort of thing.

Hope this helps someone

Cheers Bob

[Bert Kemp]

I Have win 7 64bit and lasercut 5.3 and it works just fine

[Ed Bath]

I'm running Lasercut 5.3 on Windows 8.1 with 64 bit and I have no problems.

[John Bion]

I'm running Lasercut 5.3 on three computers, all Win 7, with two being 64 bit and one being 32 bit. Vista was a long fight that I lost...grrrr.

[Keith Cox]

I'm running win7 64 bit i had to find a driver and i also had to set permission for lasercutif you need the driver send me a email address

Cheers Coxy

[Dean Fowell]

Hey

It should work no Problem I have mine working on windows 8.1 and seems fine, 😄