I am going to go out on the wild side here and say to create a manifest file.

Try the following. Run Notepad and enter this text:

save it as "bryce6.exe.manifest"... for Bryce 6 ... for Bryce 5 "bryce5.exe.manifest" or bryce 5.5 "bryce55.exe.manifest"  save it in the same folder as your bryce.exe

Remember to look at your .exe file prefix to determine what to save the manifest as... bryce(xx).exe => bryce(xx).exe.manifest

Don't know if this will help but try it....

Another thought:
Are your Windows XP Service Packs up tp date? Should be SP3 by now...

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OS: Windows 11 64-bit
Poser: Poser 11.3 ...... Units: inches or meters depends on mood
Bryce: Bryce Pro 7.1.074
Image Editing: Corel Paintshop Pro
Renderer: Superfly, Firefly

9/11/2001: Never forget...

Smiles are contagious... Pass it on!

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