I believe I should be sending this off to tech support - hmmmmmm

Just a thought, but could it possibly be allowing internet access to Vue? It could possibly be checking periodically for updates and linking to C3D.

Nope - All internet access denied, that's the 1st thing I unclick ;)

In fact I opened V6I - did some rendering & V6I showed in the mem column 188,732K while it was rendering!  Note V7i sitting idle(not even open) & see how much mem it's using just sitting there.......

I went ahead & sent in a tech ticket......this is just plain crazy :(

I discovered, strangely enough, that although I denied internet access to Vue 6I, it was in fact connecting to the internet anyway. I had to block it in my firewall to stop it from connecting. I don't have Vue 7 yet, so I can't relate my experiences there.

I have all that blocked :(. I'm at a loss......maybe tech will have an answer.  I have to wonder if maybe this maybe a reason why some people are having mem issues/rendering issues.  If peeps are shutting down & somehow Vue isn't totally closing this could have adverse consequences.

I know I will be checking the TM diligently from now on :rolleyes:

I was just curious, did you select the Vue 7 process and click end process in the task manager? I understand that it shouldn't be doing that, but I was curious as to whether it can be ended.

I just closed Vue 7 I and opened Task manager and checked Processes. It isn't there. What OS are you using? I'm on my laptop with Vista Ultimate 32-bit. I don't have any RenderCows in my sys tray. Just a thought.

I think what you face here is what I call a "hidden crash". Vue closes all windows first and then normally quits. When it crashes after all the windows are closed you have exactly that, a process still visible in the task manager. I btw have something similar with PowerPoint on Windows from time to time.

I have thata happen often.   Not just Vue 7 but 6 also.  I did notice that it used to appear more often after a crash or if I'd had to kill the process.

If you get an explaination from e-on it'd be appreciated if you'd let us know

I'll be sure & reply back when I hear something back from tech.  Hidden crash - interesting.  Now that would be a coincidence! The only thing odd that happened was I imported a Poser wreath tried to resize it - it then completely vanished from the screen(even though still showing in the obj panel)  I shut Vue down, then reopened to have import success.  I'm guessing this hidden crash happened when the wreath disappeared.   How bizarre :blink:

Tech has turned it over to development. So no explanation as of yet.

Update - I just crashed Vue - filled out the auto ticket & Vue is still showing in the task manager.