Ok shedding light on the light.... If I delete the default lights first (now why didn't I ever try that???) and then apply the lights (Setup 1 0 in this case) - whammo, I can render. If I then change my mind and try a different set (Setup 1 in this case) without deleting all the existing lights first - whammo, loading textures and stuck. I'm assuming that going from Setup 1 0 to Setup 1 results in some null lights (lights turned off) but not sure. Gonna test some more, but Poser 5 just hates lights. (Which really REALLY pi$$es me off to be honest.) I bought the darn thing so I'm gonna use it, but to be honest... Poser4 is way more reliable. Gonna gripe at CL a bit about the null light stuff.

Silke