1. You mentioned the render indicator ... this goes away with the last patch. You may not have the latest patch from Curious. 2. Slowdowns in P5 are very common with files that do not have an optimized texture link between object and it's texture file. Run CorrectReference, a free utility, and run it on each of your library files ... but do just a few at a time as this hogs your CPU until all files are optimized. CorrectReference rewrites the link to the text file so that it loads and renders fast. I do it on all new downloads as a matter of course. 3. P5 dynamic hair is a serious CPU hog, and even under the best of circumstances, loads and renders like a greased glacier. I don't have that kind of patience.

Gordon