Thank you Steven, that information is gold. Really. The store, PC Club, IS going to install everything. I asked them to. Normally, I would build for the learning experience. But I just do not have time right now to go all the way up that hill. I may regret it later, I know DaleB will probably be unhappy to hear my choice...but these are the choices of life. I am animating heavily, dealing with my characters and shadows and rain and audio. Anyway, the store manager is supervising the build, and I will SURELY confont him with your advice in the above post, and I WILL check everything before I begin to install Poser, etc. ::::: Opera :::::