The OOM issue MAY be due to the TEMP path being faulty in Poser 8. It's a known bug, and Poser doesn't clean up Temp files as it should. They accumulate on the harddisk, and if the temp path is on a drive with not much free space, that may clog up everything. Did you change the temp path or left it at the default location? In both cases, try deleting all the temp files (I bet you it's HUGE!) and see if that helps.

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