So I tried an old laptop that I THOUGHT I had once used with the Cricut. The old PC I used to use for the thing is toast. (I was in "the industry" for 40 years so I've accumulated a lot of PCs.) Then I started trying to find an old PC that would drive it. In the interest of getting the thing off the dining room table, I cleared off a card table in the basement and moved the Cricut down there. That said, if any of you have a Cricut Expression (1) with firmware version 2.34 or below or an older Cricut that you can't get to work with your PC, contact me offline and I may be able to help you get it going. I will, however, use this one until there's nothing left of it. I don't care if Cricut's new machines work with other people's software or files - I will never buy another product from these people. To me it is unconscionable to create an expensive hardware product that only works with YOUR software, then discontinue the software when there are tens of thousands of the machines out there in working condition. Then they said I had to send a photograph of the serial number and the number of my "request number." Then they said I had to send them a photograph of the serial number and of the "request number" written on a separate piece of paper in the same photograph. The Cricut support people told me they'd send me a discount coupon for a new Cricut if I sent them the serial number to the old one. I have a legal copy, too, but it doesn't work on Cricuts. So I'm back to either using the cartridges and wasting a lot of material in the process, or using my hacked copy of Sure Cuts-a-Lot. Turns out that I can't use Design Studio because Cricut won't support it or ANY software driving my Expression. So I guess I need to find my original Design Studio software and get it running. That said, I also found some cute cartridges cheap on closeout a few years back and would like to use them on one of Shelia's projects. But it turns my Cricut into a usable device (for me) instead of a doorstop. But I can create a graphic in Corel Draw and import it into the SCAL program. This only works with the original Cricut and with the first Expression, as long as the firmware isn't updated past 2.34 (The Cricut tells you that when you first turn that on.)Ī number of folks online said they couldn't get drivers for Windows 10, but I managed to find some that worked.Īlso, the Sure-Cuts-A-Lot software is almost as big a pain to use as the original Cricut Design Studio. Basically, it uses Sure-Cuts-A-Lot 2, with a hack that keeps the Sure-Cuts-A-Lot (SCAL) software from updating itself (and turning it into a version that won't drive the Cricut). It works, though I've hardly done anything with it yet. It took about 2 hours, in part because I was nervous about the Expression's firmware accidentally getting upgraded to the level that would no longer work with my software. The computer I originally set up to use with this has long since died, so I had to start over creating the hack on my current computer. It ONLY works with my computer because I have a software hack that makes it do so, and I've been careful not to upgrade the firmware past 2.34. Would they do that? We really cannot say.I just got my Cricut Expression out of mothballs- I don't think I've used it since we moved in November, 2016. Is it possible that Provo Craft can block you from using Sure Cuts A Lot with a future firmware update? Yes, from a technical standpoint, it is. To our surprise, both the Cricut Expression and the Cricut Personal still worked with Sure Cuts A Lot version 2.044 despite Provo Craft saying otherwise. The first time we ran the new Cricut CraftRoom, the program informed us that our Cricut Expression would need to be updated from version 2.34 to 2.43 (our Cricut Personal also required updating) The firmware update took about 15 minutes to complete. You'll need to install the LOCAL version of CraftRoom in order to cut. The online version ONLY allows you to design and save files and does not allow you to cut. The new Cricut CraftRoom comes in two flavors. We no longer test Cricut firmware so we cannot confirm that this information is accurate with the latest firmware updates from Cricut. ![]() Update : This article was published over 12 months ago and it is possible that updating to the latest firmware can result in losing the ability to use SCAL. In the email below, a Provo Craft representative states that updating the Cricut's firmware will prevent users from using their machines with Sure Cuts A Lot software. Based on customer feedback, as well as our own tests, we've discovered that a firmware update is required in order to use the new CraftRoom. Provo Craft (the makers of the Cricut) recently finalized and released their new Cricut CraftRoom software. Share/Bookmark Yes, you can use SCAL and CraftRoom after updating your firmware!
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