has anyonesuccessf ully gotten poser 5 to work with windows 7 64 bit? I  can install it but when I try and use it I get a message saying it needs certain drivers and to re boot or reinstall the software. Neither the reboot nor the reinstall  seemed to help though

thanks,

mystmaiden

Have you asked over at Smith Micro? They created it. My own guess is, you are finally due to make an upgrade. :)

What I did was install it on the c:/ drive.  Don't install it in the default program files.  Also, you need to have full rights (admin rights) which I assume you have.  If you do that you should be okay.  Sharen

Thanks for the replies, much appreciated. I do have Poser 7 but I like 5 better - probably because I am much more familiar with it.

Sharen  - I'll try that and see if it works out!

thanks again!

mystmaiden

Can P5 (and P7) be installed instead on the "D" drive on a Win 7 64-bit system?  Also, should PoserPro 2012 not be installed in the default Programs section of the Win 7 "C" drive but installed serperately on either the "C" or "D" drives? (I plan on having all three versions on my new computer.)

Quote - Can P5 (and P7) be installed instead on the "D" drive on a Win 7 64-bit system?  Also, should PoserPro 2012 not be installed in the default Programs section of the Win 7 "C" drive but installed serperately on either the "C" or "D" drives? (I plan on having all three versions on my new computer.)

Yes. I have P5, P6, P7, PP all installed into D: under Poserposer5 poserposer6 etc.

from poser 8+, you can still install to D, but thats safe to put into Program Files there. (just don't use the runtime under it. use an external runtime or the runtime the P8+ installer creates in My Documents)

IIRC, there are other problems that you'll need to deal with to (possibly) get P5 to run on recent versions of Windows, specifically ISTR that DEP needs to be turned off, so go through the Poser Knowledge Base that SM have to see what you can find.