I'm giving up on the trial and sticking with Poser 7. I tried Bagginsbill's suggestions in the other thread and they didn't work. There may be great things in the future with this approach, but it's the first version of Poser I've had problems with. I'm not good enough with it to get all the advantages Poser 8 has that it's worth figuring out how to reconfigure antivirus and firewall programs simply to get a usable product. If I had paid the full price, I'd probably put a lot more effort into it. With a trial, it's not worth the trouble.

Maybe the next version of Poser will be worth getting. Right now, the trial isn't working and I've uninstalled it. I'm not paying over $100 to upgrade to a product where I know I'll need technical support just to make it run on my computer--particularly when the features causing the problems won't be fully implemented till some future version of the program.

I hate knocking something innovative. I'm not the most technical savvy computer user in the world--I'm also not the worst. I'm not buying software that doesn't work on my computer. If new software won't work with my computer configuration, that problem is with the new software, not my computer. My computer may not be completely configured properly, but that doesn't entirely matter. It works with the software on it. I don't need new software that doesn't work harmoniously on my computer. I may change my mind when I see how these features work in the future. That's when I'll reconsider buying a new version of Poser. I just hope that this isn't the Vista type of compatibility problem that will boost DS the way Microsoft boosted Mac sales with Vista. Right now, I prefer Poser. Poser 8 doesn't work for me, so I don't need it.