So Santa brought you one of those fancy electronic cutting machines. Mine is the Cricut Explore released in April of 2014. Just remember the Cricut Explore is cloud based - without a high speed internet connection it is a boat anchor. So if you don't have a reliable internet supplier like Coast Cable or Telus Optik TV this machine will not work for you.
I thought I'd give you a few pointers so you don't make the same newbie mistakes I made. My laptop operating system is Windows 7 Professional. I have two internet browsers Microsoft IE 11 and Google Chrome. Chrome is setup up as my primary browser as it is much faster. BTW it is highly recommended you use Chrome on your Microsoft laptop or PC.
You'll need to load Adobe Flash for the installation of the Cricut Explore. I loaded the plugin right after I ordered the machine.
Mistake ONE If you want to buy the wireless option for Cricut Explore it uses Bluetooth. I ordered the Cricut adapter BUT after ordering er my laptop doesn't have a Bluetooth card. I was sure it did but that's between me and Dell. There is a work around we'll discuss later.
Mistake TWO This is a Cricut oversight IMHO. The installation is easy when I logged into Design Space login box I unticked "RECOVER Password" as I don't like having passwords stored in my browser cache. But if you do this the very first time you visit Cricut your password isn't stored in the cloud. It took me a day to figure out that I had to go to the main page & click "Sign In" as the desktop shortcut bypasses where you can reset your password.
Mistake THREE You must condition your mat BEFORE you do your first project. Cricut does not tell you this but the standard mat is so sticky you'll end up with card stock glued to the mat.. Grr it took an hour to scrape it off. I'll talk about mats tomorrow.
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