One more thing to think about: I just put in a new hard-drive and reinstalled loads of files from back-up CD's. Unfortunately, these files are now classified as "read only", and for some strange reason, Poser stumbles over quite a few of them. Not ALL of them, mind, but a majority. I don't understand why, but once I remove the "read only" tag, the files work fine. P.S. - If you create back-up CD's, for heaven's sake, check that the items WORK on the CD. I lost an estimated 30% of my archives because the data was corrupted. Stupid me only looked to see the file was on the CD with the correct extension and placement, not that it actually worked. (major sigh) oh well.... back to the sketch pad!