how I resolved the lock up on my machine... by an olde man.. re-installed POse for about the nth time... then set up everything the way I wanted it.. closed poser.. then copyed the poser.ini and poser.rsr files elsewhere for safe keeping.. the last time I failed.. all I did was re-copy those two files to the directory.. shrug worked for me. Oh and the have room on the drive open.. every now and then check the Poser directory for .tmp files... usually named poser_some long number_file.tmp.. or the like.. delete these.. they can and usually will muck up a render in progress... I think they're left behind when POser falls down... CHeers love