Speaking of Poser 8 taking over CPU cycle, I just installed a script that allows turning on and off the P8 library.
Guess what. My problems have now ended. All is speedy again.

Crap library ? Where is it going all the time?

Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together.
All things connect......Chief Seattle, 1854