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Hi Morkonan...

Sorry to hear about your system crashes... Oddly enough I've been suffering the same thing so far this and most of last week. I've been blaming my over-burdened (bloated) poser Downloads runtime, and defraging etc, but it (P6) keeps crashing and needing up to four loads (start-ups) before I can use it. Deleting from the props library takes up to a minute for each item deleted (I need to get rid of possibly hundreds of items) and the inner mouth parts of any used characters remain in the default position as the character is moved from that spot. I also keep getting a: 'Increase the amount of memory allocated to Poser' warning/prompt/window (any ideas anyone) but am not sure how to do this!?!

I've had that happen from time to time.  Usually, it's simply a memory problem.  I'm really not sure how a bloated runtime effects poser except that it stores the menu information and monitor changes made to the menu items which forces it to refresh that info.

However, I haven't had to go through the restart procedure.  That sounds like Poser is leaving cached info behind on crashes and then ends up reloading it when it restarts.  Or, it could be leaving information stranded in memory that doesn't get dumped.  You might be able to manually clear unused cache files by using a utility (easier) or deleting them manually (more difficult).  There are also several memory scrubbing bits of freeware out there to clean out Ram-cached memory left behind by either memory leaks or crashed software, etc..  Your motherboard manufacturer might have one on their site and it's worth checking into.   Sometimes, other programs can interfere with Poser as well.  For instance, some Anti-virus products and firewalls may inadvertently block certain functions that Poser must have access to.  Disabling them in the system tray may not always remove some of their security features.

Quote - I'm considering adding a punchbag to my study so as to enable me to unwind from time to time as each successive crash and freeze up hits either Poser or my system!!!

I'll do the same thing for Hexagon.  Actually, I know what caused the two crashes I had yesterday (had another one during another project) and will avoid those in the future.  But, all in all, I really like Hex so am not too put off by them.

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