I've been trying to open poser, which was just fine yesterday, and it refuses. The screen pops up and disappears. I've tried opening from the menu and from an existing project. Any thoughts? I'm running the latest patch and was finally getting used to this latest version. I'm hoping that this will not mandate a re-install. Visque

For those who might have this problem... It turned out to be a freshly installed driver for an HP printer.

Ah, HP, don't ya love 'em?! ;0) The only HP product that I use is an almost antiquated DeskJet 712C, which, thankfully, has drivers available from Windows directly. Glad you traced the cause and fixed it!

I am running XP Home and installed two HP printers, a 890C and a 750 printer/scanner/copier. Did not have a problem. Stange. Glad you found it. It can help others. Greets, Tony

OK, I've experienced this problem, and believe it only happens if you're on a network, and the printer is networked. Basically, Poser "polls" the network to find the printer. If the printer is not found, then Poser won't load. You get no error message. The weird thing is that the printer does not need to be on!!! Believe me on this one. I've previously had extensive communications with Curious Labs (makers of Poser) on this issue. My solution is easy: The printer is on my wife's computer. Her computer remains on, while I use my computer. The printer remains off unless I need it. You might not know this problem affects many other software titles. Here is a list I've formed from my own experience: 1.) Poser 2.) PhotoShop 5.5 3.) Ulead PhotoImpact 4.) ThumbsPlus 5.) Daytimer 98 (Contact Manager) I probably forgot a few titles, but you get the idea.