Howdy. I dual boot to 2k and 98se, and well, I hadn't booted into 98se in ages but started to recently (for another program) and when using Poser in that, I was getting it to lock up pretty consistently. After running back to good ol 2k, it seems to be going fine. Go figure. However, and here's the stinky part, it runs faster in 98se than it does in 2k, but of course, it locks up! I'm really doubting it's your hardware (at least ram, hd, and cpu...I won't discount other stuff since I don't have an HP printer, for example). Come to think of it...I did just update another program in 98se.... Anyhow, something else to consider I suppose. Hope you get it all working, and contacting CL's support isn't too shabby an idea either. Cheers.