I think we have part of the prob right here-- you, Tirjasdyn, have less than 4G total in all your runtimes and I have 7 in P5 and nearly 30 in Poser 4. I'm moving everything but V3 out of Poser 5's runtime and into the Download runtime and see if that speeds it up. V3 doesn't seem to be happy except in the application's runtime-- but she doesn't need her clothes and houses there as well. There was a big huge incredible difference from when i first started with Poser 5 and only had the first three packages of V3 in there-- ran fast, loaded fast, rendered fast enough, with dynamic hair. Then it got worse and worse and I kept asking if runtime sizes has anything to do with it and kept being told no. I'm going to see for myself. I'll post a new thread when I'm able to get everything sorted out and do some time renders. Right now, I'm so crippled with hand strain and/or carpal tunnel distress, I can barely type this. Catch up with youse later when I hope it will be good news. T, you're on a Dell not much different from mine-- that's why I'm more or less hopeful about this. Emily