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 Just bought my new expression, would love to be able to use it. Installed Design Studio software on my laptop (Windows 7). When I plug in my Cricut, it doesn't recognize drivers. This laptop is NOT on the internet. Where can I download drivers? Edited by user Sunday, December 05, 2010 5:06:14 PM(UTC)
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The drivers you need are on the DS update here: http://www.cricut.com/CDS/Update.aspxUninstall the DS you have, download the Program update at the above link and install that. (Do you have another computer you can download the program to? That way you can copy it to a cd and install from that). You'll also need to download and install the Font Pack update from the same page to get the most recent carts. If you already ARE running the most recent version of DS you can try this: http://myfaqcricutds.blogspot.c...rivers-in-windows-7.htmlEdited by user Sunday, December 05, 2010 5:12:41 PM(UTC)
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Downloaded the update and font updates to desktop and copied to cd.
Uninstalled the DS Software off laptop, reinstalled using updated version on CD.
Installed font update.
Plugged in Cricut, still no drivers found. I was hoping to avoid putting my laptop online, do you see any other options?
Thanks for any help.
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BrendaSouth wrote:Downloaded the update and font updates to desktop and copied to cd.
Uninstalled the DS Software off laptop, reinstalled using updated version on CD.
Installed font update.
Plugged in Cricut, still no drivers found. I was hoping to avoid putting my laptop online, do you see any other options?
Thanks for any help. Did you try the blog link in my previous post? It shows you how to troubleshoot windows 7 drivers.
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I downloaded the new cds and tried the drivers and could not get it to recognize my cricut. I then went to the link that that you posted and windows cant troubleshoot. Any other ideas? Thanks Mary
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MaryHeminger wrote:I downloaded the new cds and tried the drivers and could not get it to recognize my cricut. I then went to the link that that you posted and windows cant troubleshoot. Any other ideas? Thanks Mary did you download DS from the website or the CD? what operating system is your computer? when you connect your cricut to your computer and turn it on does your computer make any noise like new hardware found?
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I installed the DS from the website. I have windows 7. When I plug the cricut into my laptop it makes a noise like a new item has been connected. I go to my device manager and uninstall the item, I then unplug from computer and plug back in and i get a new hardware found. When it goes to install the driver it says failed.... Mary
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have you tried uninstalling DS and reinstalling it from the website?
have you tried turning off your firewall or making DS an exception on your firewall?
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i have uninstalled and reinstalled DS three time and I turned off my firewall a few days ago after reading another site that said turn off firewall. I have a friend that has win xp and the cricut works fine but I dont want to continue to use her computer to use the DS. Win 7 just will not install driver....Mary
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Is there any reason you won't connect your computer to the internet, just so you can get the drivers you need? It may be all that is needed.
Other than that, I can only suggest giving PC a call and see if there is some other troubleshooting they can walk you through.
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I have a new computer with Windows 7. My husband set it up, I didn't. But, I do know that in order to get some programs to work, he had to do it on the "virtual pc" that Windows 7 has. It runs in XP mode. Google that & see if there is a solution there for you.
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I had this trouble today, took Narelle's advice and hit the troubleshoot and then selected the recommended search for the fix, worked great.
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