I dumped everything off computer and still cant get futura ce100 to open did what singer said several times still won't open and machine is on. Please help running vista.

My suggestion for now, have the earlier window version that you have been using for your CE100 also installed in your new computer.

Suggest to also install the earlier windows version that can recognize your CE100 software into your computer.

try these sites

http://www.sewingmachinesplus.com/Singer-Futura-Upgrade.php

http://cart.jennys-sewing-studio.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=72_77_82&products_id=222

http://www.sewamazed.com/futura-upgrade-2.html

http://www.futura-support.com/products/ce-100/software

Found this on the web. Hope it answers your question Futura link

The Singer software is cr..... It's loaded with a bunch of junk. The best thing you can do, seriously, is go into your control panel, remove all of the software from the PC (keep the USB cord unplugged from the sewing machine) and reinstall EVERYTHING.

If you aren't clear on any of the steps of what you have to do, please post a comment back to me. I'm not only an avid sewer, but am pretty computer savvy. I'll be happy to take you through the steps to get you back up and running. I have a CE100 myself and troubleshot people running Windows 7 without the 2.5 Futura upgrade on their PC's to get their Futura's running. I'm not great, but I am pretty good. We'll get you embroidering in no time and to heck with the lack of Singer's support!

Number 1, go out to the Futura support site at www.Futura-support.com and download the patch for Windows 7. On the left hand side of the screen, click on Downloads, then CE100/150/250/350,etc, etc. Make sure you follow the directions CAREFULLY. Also, be sure to completely UNINSTALL all of the Futura software you've already installed and reboot your computer before starting all of the instructions.

If this gives you any problems, I've posted a solution under the CE100 solutions area for running your machine with Windows Vista/7 using a virtual machine program. It's a lot more steps than using the patch, but some people do still need to go this route. Look for it on the CE100 Solutions/Problems home page. Still, you should be fine just with the patch.

Happy embroidering!

Try the singer website. You can buy a harcopy for $15.
Just type CE100 in the search box and click on search.
http://www.singerco.com/accessories/manuals.html
Hope this helps!

Hi I had the same problem sent question to Singer and this was their reply

"Do you have Vista 32-bit or Vista 64-bits? Unfortunately the CE-100/200 machine will not be compatible with either Vista 64-bit systems or the newest Windows 7 computers. The CE-100/200 will only be compatible with Windows 98 through Vista 32-bit operating systems.

This appears to be a hardware issue and not something that we will be able to create a patch to correct. Drivers necessary for 64-bit operating systems are not compatible with the CE-100/200 machines." so I guess we are SOL

I received an email back from Singer stating that it is not possible at this time to load the Futura software on a 64-bit system using Vista. I have emailed to ask whether it would load if the OS were XP, but I haven't heard back yet.

They said that they were working on finding a fix for this, but they aren't sure that they will since it's a hardware problem.

Hi Vanessa,

Please give me more info in order to help you. Are you trying to use the embroidery unit? If yes, did you send a design to the machine via your computer?