thank you for all the help - running XP Pro . . . I happened to remember I installed a couple browsers to look them over . . . Mozilla and another one on the 19th and I don't think these were the problem but wasn't conscious of any other changes, so I stuck my tongue in my pocket so I wouldn't swallow it and did a quick restore to the 18th - Poser opend without a hiccup . . .

I hate doing this because I don't know what kind of damage it might do to my files, but I had to get it back to working . . . and nothing else seemed to work . . .