I agree with Lifeman.  It's not so much Poser being a piece of junk, it WINDOWS being a piece of junk!  I have my problems with Poser as well but I have found that if it were to be installed on a totally clean, non-networked, empty system, Poser works just fine.  So as long as Windows is not choked with all the crud we have to run on it to make it useful, Poser will run just fine.

Now, that being said, I know we all have to load the crud to make Windows useful and it would be a perfect world if Poser could work within those guidelines.  But I have to say that I think it tends to be more of the crappy OS than the App.  I know there are other Apps out there that would just find with the OS.  But if you recall, those Apps cost in the thousands of dollars.  They BETTER work right.  Poser is a MUCH more cost effective app for those of us not making 6 figures a year.

 So I say, give Poser a break.  It's the latest version (and as with any new version of any app, bug prone), and it's cheap.  For the most part, it works well.  I can't afford all the latest hardware updates and parts.  The stuff changes almost daily.  And even the best systems will have their problems cause they all still run the same crappy OS, Microsoft.

  Just my opinion.  Not looking to start a rao.