1. your drive is fragmented or worse. Try scandisk. 2. sometimes Poser won't create a good thumbnail. especially if I just created a figure and did not assign materials to it yet. I usually get a solid black rect. 3. Are you running in 16 bit or true color mode or 256 color mode. If you're in 256 color mode, try changing res to 16 or 24 or 32 bit. 4. You could also be out of virtual memory and so the system does not create the thumbnail but won't tellyou with an out of memory error. make sure you have enough space left on your CDrive and its not maxed out. Defragmenting helps tremendously. 5. This is a good excuse to convice the wifey that you need a new computer :)

thanks... let my try defragmenting

I have had this problem when I am not using the "Main Camera" when saving a new figure. If I switch to the Main Camera it seems to always resolve this problem. Just my experience with it. Good luck! Clint

Ok, i've tried both things and it didn't work. I still have the same problem .. :( thanks anyway

heyas; didja see my reply on your other post? it seemed to happen to me when i had the joint editor window open. also, i know you re-installed, but did you put the patch on? mine went way after a while (either i quit using the jp window, or i put the patch on ;) ) also, the messed up thumbnail doesn't seem to affect the character, so as long as you read the name and know who it is, you're okay.