While we're on the subject  here is another *major *render speed up  trick  ( not so  much  a trick , really, just  a reminder.....)
before you  render - open your task manager and  sort your processes by memory usage...

look  at  the highest  memory using processes , ones that  are  NOT running by  command of  user = "system"

for the processes that are running by command of  user  "your local user name" you will probably  see Poser as the biggest memory user,  but then next biggest  you  will see stuff that might surprise you
Check  for processes  that your PC  has been  told  to  open  at start up but don't relly perform  any  real  up  front useful function for you-  if you don't  need these processes,  shut em  down!  if you look,  you  will find that under your local  user name,  you probably have a lot of memory being eaten by printer services.  if you  are not printing,  shut those svcs down!  they  will  start up  next time you  restart your PC ...also  stuff like :" I-tunes updater "  "Quicktime" functions  and  stuff  ...they start up  stealthily on our PC and are annoying culprits  that use up  memory without you realizing it. 

Your firewall and antivirus  are probably running under your local  username; obviously, don't shut those down ;-)

Santicor

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