Yep, registry was deflicted. Tried to totally reinstall, and got an error message that I was told (subtlely) that happens a lot when a hacked copy is used. ACK! Me no think so. Ended up on the phone with CL tech help. Told me I'd probably have to reinstall Windows to repair the registry. HA! Not! Asked if replacing it with a backup would work (poor tech), and sure enough .... no problem. New install worked fine, and everything but Michael worked. Since Michael was giving me the errors on the old drive, and was now giving them on the new, I tested, went from total basic Poser figure, through Vickies, and only Michael failed repeatedly. Since Michael was loaded when the fatal 3DS error occurred, I figure he got corrupted too somehow. Walkin away for a while to breathe, then I'm gonna reinstall him and hope it works. I'm totally at a loss if it doesn't.