Okay, working fine now. Apparently because I did not delete my QuickTime Extension before upgrading from QT 4 to 5, my system kept thinking that there was an older version of the QT application, even though I deleted them all. Turning off all my QuickTime extensions and throwing out the main Quicktime extension, then doing a complete reinstall seemed to help. Even after that Bryce5 said it was still missing a file "QuickTime Authoring" when I tried to render animation. This time I was online when I launched and it quickly downloaded the Authoring file and I was back in business...albeit three hours later. I went ahead and updated to Bryce5.01, now all I have to do is replace all my user palettes that I wisely backed up and everything will be back to normal. Thanks everyone who replied, it's the thought that counts.