I'm having some odd problems with Poser 7, which seem to have developed overnight.  Render times suddenly greatly increased though I'm doing nothing different and using the same lights and same characters.  Poser sometimes puts the wrong texture on the character, etc. when I click the texture in the pose directory.  Sometimes Poser can't find a texture, and I have to hunt through the directory for it--though it was in the right directory all along.   And when I render objects, the color sometimes comes out odd for no reason and no change in the material setting.

It seems like Poser is confused.  Corrupted poser files?  A virus?  I'm not sure what to do.  My harddrive is also nearly maxed out, and I wonder if that could be the problem.  I have a lot installed in Poser.  I'd also downloaded and installed some free props a few days ago, and I wonder if that could be causing the problem.

I know that if you thin out your library, it may help your software work better.  Just move some of your library to another area outside of poser if you can.

Thanks, Sam. I'll try that. I'd heard long ago that Poser can become wacky if too much is installed in it but I've never had trouble with it until now.

Please try this:

http://support.smithmicro.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2076/~/solving-weird-issues-with-poser-by-removing-the-preferences

If this doesnt solve the issue please contact Smith Micro, they are always very willing to help :)

I had similar intermitent problems.  I had to reinstall but did the following changes:

Only installed specific content that needs to go in the Poser directory (Daz3d figures and their collection of morphs, Poser Python Scripts, and Effects that used scripting).

All other content was installed in separate runtime folders.  I have content from various Vendors ( I need a database to keep track of my stuff).  Also, when I have a problem with textures and morphs it's easier to troubleshoot.  Use 'Collections' in Poser if your tired of manuevering through directories.

Routinely rutinely run Hard Disk utilities (Defrag & ScanDisk) on a weekly basis or whenever I transfer large batches of files.

Daily scan and update anti-virus.

Daily run OS updates.

Leave a large portion of your hard drive free for virtual memory (cache). You can also set an external drive for your cache, but Pose still leaves some files on your C drive.

When I run a large batch of renders, I'll manually check Poser Cache to delete the old unused files.  When poser renders it leaves files on your pc, similar to caching for web sites.  I've had those files corrupted before and had Poser crash and act funny.

It's a two-fold process.  Maintain the OS/Hardware, and maintain Poser.  PS. AVScan all downloaded content no matter how trivial or small.  I've caught a couple of suspect files already.