Well - I'm surprised that my original post in this matter was not removed for troll like behaviour. Why on earth wouldn't DAZ allow a number of their users to pre-test this version - then iron out the bugs - then release it to the seething hordes? Me, I am just beyond being a newbie with this software, and the issues that accompany this release are out of my grasp. How many crashes will you all tolerate before DAZ Studio - into the recycle bin it goes? For what it's worth - the folks at DAZ are good people, as well as most of the Renderositers who I have crossed paths with. I will terminate this post with an ancient Chinese proverb. The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure