Quote - When I said it was way past my ability, I ment about figuring out what the error was actually saying.

OK. But the error is saying "I'm not allowed to talk to Poser or Poser is not allowed to talk to me."

Quote - I checked my Windows 7 firewall by clicking on the "allow programs to communicate
through Windows Firewall" and it shows that all of my poser files are allowed.

Again, how would you know?

Have you tried disabling the firewall temporarily to see if that makes Poser work? If not, try that. I'm not suggesting this as a permanent solution. Just seeking data.

Quote - I am not finding a firewall setting on my anti-virus, witch is Kaspersky.

This is not informative. We've already established that you don't know what is causing this or what the error means, so you need to show us what you see, and let us interpret what is shown.

Quote - At no time between when I shut Poser 8 down the last time and now when it gave me the error was I hooked up to the internet.

Nor is this in any way informative or relevant. I'm please you're willing to write and provide lots of info, but you're providing info that is based on your understanding of the universe and it just doesn't mean anything. Whether or not you even have a network communication card in your computer is not important. Whether or not you connect to the Internet is not important.

Turn off your firewall and tell me what happens to Poser. Show me firewall settings.

Quote - My Kaspersky is out of date due to weather and a blackout preventing me from getting on line, but I do not know if that would have an effect on it or not.

No it would not.

Quote - I probably know jsut enough about computers to be really dangerous to any that I own. I can install software and and work Poser just fine but I know if I start to poke around in the system I will destroy something important and make a nice $1500 paperweight

Not asking you to re-configure things, except to simply confirm it's a firewall issue by temporarily disabling the firewall. This is safe if you're not plugged into the net. Heck, it's safe even if you are plugged in. It's no more unsafe than driving a car.

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