(1) I uninstalled Poser 5. After that and a badly overdue defragment run, my Poser 4.0.3 starts up correctly now. It still acts up on very big .PZ3's, but I can dodge that. Copy, rename the copy as ---.CR2 , put it in a character library, start Poser, load the .CR2 file to stage. Its cameras and lights etc will overrule those that were in the startup. (2) I'll re-install my Poser 5 when Curious Labs brings up a downloadable upgrade that can run at least as many characters and props on stage as Poser 4 can, including under Windows 98. Some people can't keep on buying more Windowses (let alone more computers) and having to reinstall all their software and files every time they upgrade.