You shouldn't have to uninstall Poser 6 to do a reinstall to fix things. I've never had to do that.

Did you install the SR1 and SR2 and SR3 updates?

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi