The problem I was having was trying to unzip the archive after downloading. Gotta get those files outa that zip file before you can load into Poser......unless you know some slick trick I've not learned! :) I believe the problem is in one of the texture files. In the backgrounds texture folder, there was only one image that would extract after I got this error. After I trying to extract a couple of times, I remembered that one of the nice things about XP is that you can jump inside the compressed file and see what should be getting extracted! You can also individually extract every file except for the problematic one, which in this case is an image called "alien temple". I finally got all the background images extracted except for "alien temple" :) Since it was late and I was tired, I went to bed and have not tried loading anything into Poser but will sometime today. It seems we're only talking about an errant background image here. This is a minor problem that can be solved next week.....go enjoy your weekend :)