For anybody still having Poser 8 problems.  the solution is pretty simple to get IE 11 off their "puters".  Go to Control panel (program features-turn windows features on or off)  and tell windows not to use IE11 then uninstall IE 11 (which is listed as an Windows upgrade).  Then either use the MS "block IE11" program to prevent the installation or just forbid Windows from automatically installing upgrades without your approval (ie: IE 11).   IE 11 is listed as an optional ugrade (go figure).  Restart and Poser 8 is back in ful.