Thank you eyeland.. 

I just put all the MS updates back into the pc, even the ones that I didn't let it do before I formated.  I'm using Vista 32 bit & didn't have any trouble with Bryce 7 or Pro the first time I installed them.  I don't know if I should try installing either of the vcredist files or not.   

I think I'm going to be more then a little upset if I can't use one of my favorite programs. 

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