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My Cricut won't cut

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 4:19 am
by sailorsproudwife
Ok, I got a personal cricut and it won't cut for some reason. I am trying to cut a scut file and when I go to cut it, it will go to checking mat then it will give me an error message. I am using windows vista . . . is there something I have to do to windows to get it to work? I am soooo lost right now! lol Any help would be greatly apprecaited!! Thanks in advance!!!

Re: My Cricut won't cut

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 5:04 am
by HeatherM
Try running in XP mode. See here for more info. http://www.craftedge.com/products/xpmode.html

Re: My Cricut won't cut

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 10:15 am
by sailorsproudwife
I just did that and it's still not cutting . . . any other ideas?? Thanks so much for any and all imput everyone!!!!

Re: My Cricut won't cut

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 10:26 am
by inthePottershand
Did you download the Cricut Design Studio? I think I would try to delete and start again. I know that when I downloaded the CDS it had an error the first time and then I removed and downloaded again and it worked fine. Best of luck to you.