Hi Paolo and thanks for the offer but it's no longer needed. I just re-installed Reality/Luxrender this morning at the insistence of someone in another forum (where all us pervs hang out).  It's now going well thanks.  I'm guessing that all the Daz 4.8 beta versions I had installed along with 4.7 and two versions of Poser got things somewhat messed up.

I do have one question, the mesh lights open with rotation.  I have to straighten (zero) them first then move them to where I want.  I'd like you to fix this and have them open up at 0,0,0 with no rotation......unless I'm the only one mentioning this, then you're welcome to tell me to suck it up and live with it.   :-)