OK, so I'm REALLY confused now...

I did a (rather sad?) little experiment as I was getting more & more muddled with the conflicting opinions of what to install of the M3 SR1 updates.

I created 3 new empty folders (no hidden files/thumbnail views etc) and installed the following into them:

1. M3 Base - the original dload from my accounts page
   M3 Body Morph Pack - the original dload from my accounts page

Runtime: 60,414,515 1,488 files 28 folders

2. M3 Base - the original dload from my accounts page PLUS the update from the product page
   M3 Body Morph Pack - the original dload from my accounts page PLUS the update from the product page

Runtime: 63,070,188 1,492 files 28 folders

3. M3 Base - the new updated dload from my accounts page
   M3 Body Morph Pack - the new updated dload from my accounts page

Runtime: 62,673,374 1,486 files 28 folders

As you can see, the Runtime of the new full download and the older download with updates are different.
I looked at some of the files and there are differences in almost every folder, including some additional or missing files.
(The files on our accounts pages HAVE obviously been changed in some way - I know there is some dispute about this.)

Can anyone tell me definitively which one I should be using - the new dloads from my accounts or the old ones with the updates?

I get my new hard drive tomorrow (after a massive burnout where I lost everything) and want to do a clean install of Poser 5 (plus its' SRs aaarrgh!!) I'd prefer not to have it cluttered up with extraneous matter OR need to mess about installing/uninstalling M3 stuff several times to get it right as I'm going to have my work cut out reinstalling everything else too.

I hope this makes sense and would be really grateful for any clarity here :)

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