Ok, I don't know if any of you have had this problem... but just last week...something peculiar happened to my Poser6 program. It works ok - starting up, etc but erm...the friggin window - the one where I built the scene? Guess what? It's there...but I can't see anything or change any of the settings to the window like the OpenGl or the other setting, etc. All I see is a big blank space in the middle where I should see V3 instead of the main grey background (the one you see when you close the scene window, ya know what I'm talking about?) I even uninstalled and reinstalled the darn thing and it didn't help. I'll post a screencapture of what I'm talking about later. I can still load figures, props, etc and the drop down menu that would say figure1, Victoria3..blahblahblah...changes to the figure name, etc...but still nothing but background. sigh I just got some lovely new goodies for poser (thanks everyone who has freestuff here, runtimedna and a few other places!!) and I can't use them cause I can't see what the frag I am doing! Could it be one of the files I added to my library? Or is it a glich in the program, cause if it is...I don't know what to do to fix it. Maybe I'll just get the newest version of Poser sighs

HELP! I WANNA USE POSER AGAIN!!! I CAN l FEEL THE WITHDRAWL STARTING!!

LadySythe

Two ways:

1.  Go to Edit and Genearl Preferences. Check the box next to "Launch to Factory State".  Click on Interface tab and check the box "Launch to Factory State".  Click OK. Close Poser and then reopen poser.  The Poser interface should be in it's default state.  Go ahead and reset your preferences.

1. Reintall Poser if the above fails.

Have you made any changes to your PC since Poser last worked? Installed any programs, uninstalled anything, added any new hardware - especially anything that uses a video component such as scanners, cameras, DVD playback? It sounds to me like your video drivers or settings may be at fault...

Hmm... Well, I've installed PhotoshopCS3 a few days ago, but Poser was already fragging up. Uhm, it was working one day then the next, the error. I've already reset poser back to factory default...but I don't think anything has changed. I don't think that's good. I changed the main background to red and even after reinstalling (no I did not remove anything I myself added ie: freebies from Rend, etc,, though when I reinstalled poser it wiped out everything I installed into Transpond in Props *sigh*), My pc is up to date, uhm... I'm not sure about my video drivers though. Not sure how to get updates for those. I'll check on that. 

This really friggin stinks!! 

Eh...just curious, when you say to reinstall poser, do you mean EVERYTHING? Like the nearly 300 goodies I've been gathering online (yes, they were all freebies)? If yes... :o OMG That's gonna take forever to just delete let alone reinstall - manually! 

Thanks for your responses so far!

BTW my pc specs: 

Summary

Manufacturer                            Acer           
Product Name                            Aspire 5100    
Operating System                        Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Chipset                                 ATI RS485MC/RX485 SB460
Processor                               AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor TK-53
System Memory                           Updating
Hard Drive 1                            ST9160821AS ATA Device, 149.05 GB
CD/DVD Drive 1                          PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-K17RS ATA Device
Video                                   ATI Radeon Xpress 1100
Video Memory                            256 MB
Audio                                   Realtek High Definition Audio
Ethernet Card 1                         Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
Wireless LAN Card 1                     Broadcom 802.11g Network Adapter

did you try what Acadia suggested to you? namely,

in general preferences, select "lauch to factory state" and then click on "set preferences"

then close down and resart poser.

 

i really don't think it is anything to do with your video drivers.

Quote - Eh...just curious, when you say to reinstall poser, do you mean EVERYTHING? Like the nearly 300 goodies I've been gathering online (yes, they were all freebies)? If yes... :o OMG That's gonna take forever to just delete let alone reinstall - manually! 

Thanks for your responses so far!

Try resetting the preferences as I described in my first post.

If you have to reinstall Poser, I mean only the program. No need to reinstall your installed content.

Reinstalling Poser should not affect your installed content, meaning Poser won't delete anything extra that you have added. It will simply reinstall it's files over what it installed earlier.

I have the same problem with Poser Pro pak. Drives me up the wall. Then after I slide back down...hehe, I just close everything and reboot my machine. When I re-open Poser, it works. Wish I knew why it does that.

well, I did say that I reset the preferences AND even reinstalled Poser. But you wanna know something funny? Aside from the friggin library door opening by itself!! (Using wireless in college library)? I swear to god my pc has MS! You know, the human disease? One minute my dvd player isn't working, then the next it does. Same thing happened to Poser!! AAAARRRGGGHHH!!! One day I can't even see anything, and the next POW! I CAN SEE!! shakes head I swear lol Sometimes, no matter how wonderful pc's can be, they are a pain in the arse!!

Well, I guess either Poser or my laptop healed itself, so, thanks all for your comments. Or did someone do a healing spell on this friggin thing?? Now, if I could just get someone get Internet Explorer & Mozilla Firefox to work long enough to even check my emails without freezing up and ask to be restarted!

Thanks again!!

LS

When was the last time you did a defrag?  You might want to do one.  Also check for Adware using the free download at this link:

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

Also do a virus scan with an up-to-date virus scanner. Don't use Norton's or McCaffey, they are terrible.

I also recommend downloading the free cc cleaner and running it on a daily basis.

http://www.ccleaner.com/

Works, don't work. Kind of works sometimes? From the specs posted I would be looking into the power supply or an overheating situation. With what I've read from various threads the AMD chips tend to run hotter, especially the dual core. Not using a laptop myself I don't know how one would go about trying to cool it down. Maybe someone who uses one can help in that area.

Might be dust in the laptop. I used to have an Acer Aspire 1700, easy to open and clean.