But I would be incredibly grateful if anyone can come up with an answer to my dilemma that doesn't begin with the words, "Buy Poser 7" ...
My C drive recently crashed ... it was a pain in the butt, but everything I valued was on the D drive anyway, so I didn't lose anything especially valuable -- I thought. My old Poser 4 program and files were all on the D drive, so I assumed that once I got C going again there would be no problem.
But Poser 4 wouldn't run, at all. So I reinstalled it, again on the D drive. Then I searched around, found the 4.0.3 update at SmithMicro, popped it in and voila, Poser runs again. Except I'm getting an exception error any time I click on the head or body of any of my Millennium figures, errors I never got before.
Did I miss an upgrade in there somewhere?
Any advice would be helpful ... I can't afford several hundred bucks for Poser 7, and hate to have to lose everything I've done.

You may need to install the memory fix, assuming you have lots of memory. That fix should be at SmithMicro but don't quote me on that.

Attached Link: http://my.smithmicro.com/mac/poser/updates.html

You always have a choice of Daz Studio

I don't know the answer. And I'm not going to tell you to upgrade. I'm the last person that should be saying that anyway given the face that I'm still using version 7 of Paint Shop Pro when Corel is already on version 12!  LOL

Anyway, I know about tight budgets so I thought I thought I would pass along this link.  Poser 6 is available for 75 USD, and that would entitle you to the upgrade price if in the future you wanted to upgrade to a version 7 or 7-Pro.

http://www.thebest3d.com/poser/

Now on the other hand if you are sticking with Poser 4 because you really like that version and it does everything you need the program to do for you, which is my reason for not upgrading PSP, then disregard this public service announcement, hehe

Thanks for that response, I guess I may have to go to P6.   Hehe, you're worried about using PSP 7 ... I still operate Photoshop 3.0 -- it takes care of everything I need to do for all four of my online magazines and my postwork in Poser.

Bear in mind that v6 is somewhat unstable (at least, in my experience, compared to v7). You might do better to tough it out with 4 for a while longer.

Quote - Bear in mind that v6 is somewhat unstable (at least, in my experience, compared to v7). You might do better to tough it out with 4 for a while longer.

I use Poser 6 and don't have any issues with it.

Do be careful to check the system requirements for updating Poser or downloading Studio for free. I only mention this because you didn't say how old your computer was or your OS and going by the versions of Poser and PhotoShop you say you are using. If your OS is any before win2000, you won't be able to run any Poser above version 5 and the latest version of Studio will not work at all. Speaking from experience and still running winMe.

Actually I'm running a Dell 4600 with XP, it's only two years old ... I just have old programs because, as I said, I'm cheap LOL

**Ah, then no worries about being able to run them.

I'm not cheap. Just poor. LOL Broke my heart when Studio got to where you needed 2000 or above to run. I loved that program and miss using it so much. Poser just gets me frustrated. grin
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Can you post more exactly the error you are getting ?  check the administration tools , event logs , application and system .

admin tools can be reached though start> control panel.

There ya go, talking all technical on me. :)   Before I got it all started I made it a point to upgrade my memory (2 GB) and put 4096 GB in cache on each drive through the control panel>system. Anything much further beyond that and it starts turning into Greek to me, I'm just a poor right-wing online magazine publisher. :)

The error I'm getting is an "exception handler" error -- I know when the Mill figures first came out a lot of people experienced this, then came the 4.0.3 patch, I'm wondering if maybe I should've looked for 4.0.1 and 4.0.2 also

Just check your video drivers are the latest ones. I got all sorts of weird things going on with P6 until I updated then it was fine.

I think your 2GB of RAM may be the problem. That amount of physical memory was unheard of when Poser 4 was conceived. I know the others have mentioned it, but I'll risk repeating it here - just ignore me if you already tried this. From memory, there is/was a memory updater in addition to the 4.03 updgrade, and I think you need that too. Unfortunately I couldn't find it at Sith Micro, but I couldn't find the 4.03 updater either so that must be a reflection on my searching skills. ;)

Check your video card compatibility too.  very important.

Damn! I saw the title of the thread and thought you said you were a cheap date! Nevermind....mumble mumble... can't find a date....grumble, snort, cough.....

Quote - Check your video card compatibility too.  very important.

For Poser 4, it's not important at all - it doesn't use any advanced features.

oh sorry - I meant - if planning on upgrading to Poser 5 +++

Try contacting smith micro and seeing if they have the other updates. I know they are 80 owners removed, by they might be able to help. Good luck

Smith Micro has memory fixes for P4 and PP.  Try them first.