One possibility: external drives are MUCH slower then internal drives.. maybe if you install the main app on your main system HD instead of the exxternal one?

Keep in mind P7 uses a temp folder that it references all the time for undos, and if it's constantly accessing the slwoer drive, that'll of course slow the app down.

I'm pretty sure in preferences you can manuallt change the location of the temp folder.. there might even be a preferences settinbg in poser 7 for where it's located at.

I does look like you are running a system that's at least 4-5 years old, and P7 really has been optimised to take advantage of newer hardware.

Integrated video is always REALLY BAD compared to adding a video card, and you can biuy one 2-3 years old that would be more then twice as fast as what you are currently using for very little cash.

Something many people don't consider: integrated video cards share the same ram you want to use for your applications.. and P7's opengl rendering will suck a MAJOR chunk of your available ram, because it's not a standalone card.

I have a brand new dual processor 500+ system here, and when I fired t up with th eintegrated graphics, even it was sluggish on some opengl stuff. Once I installed the new video card, the sytem perked up to be VERY useable.

One thing I REALLY hate to do though it recommend upgrading a system as old as yours.. yes, the video cards for it are cheap now, but if it were me, I'd be saving up to replace your current system in the future, instead of investing more money in it instead.

My rule of thumb is if my system is LESS then 2 years old, I'll put money into it to upgrade it. if it's around 2 years old, I really have to consider if whatever I'm putting into it wis going to be worthwhile a year from now, and If it's MORE then 2 years old, it's time to consider getting a newer system, because of tech advances, and ever dropping prices, an dusing the old system in a network just for file storage, archives, backups, or as a online system if my main system is being a workhorse.

Way too many people take way too many things way too seriously.