sandoppe, just for clarification, there are 2 separate mechanisms at play here. The security code was all Interlok (PACE's), and is removed with SR2-1 - strictly it isn't removed from your system, just disconnected from Poser 5 so P5 is no longer a "watched" app. The Poser "habit" of accessing the 'Net is actually present in all versiosn from P4 on, although it is changed slightly with P5 it's functionality os much the same. It's not really trying to connect to the Internet, as much as trying to connect to any other Poser app on the network (to check that it's not another copy of itself), but the way it's implemented is rather broad, so it will try to connect to the Internet too - at least once. As far as we can tell - there was a thread on this some time back - it's not trying to "call home" per se. The ability to do that was part of the Interlok code, but whether it was actually ever used beyond the initial registration we have no way of knowing - most likely not given all the other issues CL had at that time. Personally - and I was very active in the "Pay Beta" of Poser 5 2.x - I could see no real change pre/post installing SR3. Certainly didn't destabilize anything, and didn't seem to change anything much, other than the re-load time. Initial load time was as bad or very slightly worse.