Thanks! Will--which patch--the patch at "ghostworks" or the "scarab" site? The "scarab" patch is the beta 7 patch, and as far as I know, the most recent. Martin, the beta 7 patch at http://scarab.metacreations.com/poser/pdwn.htm can only be downloaded in one format--a .sit file. I suspected that I was downloading something else after the file crept past the 9.1 meg mark. JSchoen--let me know how it works. If its just a big file, then I'm not too worried about it. I was afraid that my computer was pulling in garbage and I'd end up with 20 or 30 megs worth of useless crap.