Okay. I was just curious. As long as it doesn't interfere, I'll just leave it alone.

Later...

Okay, I THINK I have the problem solved. I have a Maxtor 750g external usb drive. It seems it installs a process to sync backups or some such. Well, between that and my recent XP upgrades, it apparently banged into Vue6 messing things up. I removed the process and all works fine now (fingers and toes crossed).

Also, on a side note. While digging around in XP's innards, I noticed it is now installing a program I hadn't seen before. It's called CTFMON.EXE. Anyone know what the heck this is?

Anyways, thanks for all the support and help. I really appreciate it. If there is ever anything I can do for you folks, just give me a holler.

So Far So Good...

I can't render anything in any mode.

I've checked the heat levels on the cpu and motherboard and they are okay. Not too hot.

On a side note: Since I did the xp updates, my machine has started to crawl. Seems to take too long to load even basic programs.

I'm about to get primeval on this machine and do an xp reinstall.

Okay Okay. Don't holler at me!

Here are my settings. As an experiment, I dl and installed the Vue6PLE. It did the same thing as my Vue6. So, it must be something in either my system or the graphics card. The thing I don't understand is that I have Bryce 6.1, DAZ Studio, all th Poser versions, and other various graphics programs and they all work just fine. This is just so weird!

System Information

Time of this report: 9/7/2007, 09:30:52
       Machine name: MY-COMPUTER
   Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: VIAK8T
       System Model: AWRDACPI
               BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
          Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+,  MMX,  3DNow, ~2.1GHz
             Memory: 2046MB RAM
          Page File: 163MB used, 3775MB available
        Windows Dir: G:WINDOWS
    DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
     DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

Display Devices

        Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 6600
     Manufacturer: NVIDIA
        Chip type: GeForce 6600
         DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
       Device Key: EnumPCIVEN_10DE&DEV_00F2&SUBSYS_0286196E&REV_A2
   Display Memory: 256.0 MB
     Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (75Hz)
          Monitor: SyncMaster 931B/931BF/931BA/930BA(Analog)
  Monitor Max Res: 1280,1024
      Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
   Driver Version: 6.14.0011.6218 (English)
      DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
 Driver Date/Size: 6/29/2007 00:43:00, 5690624 bytes
     

Well, that didn't work.

If someone could give me a clue.

Heres's what happens. Everything works fine until I try to render something then it slows down to a crawl or crashes entirely. I've tried the compatiblity mode and wireframe. Same results.

HELP!!!

This is driving me crazy. (Iknow...short trip)

Later...

Well, that lasted about a minute. The problem is back again. I'm at my wits end.

Next to try: Some of my WinXp files were udated. That may be the culprit.

Stumbling In the dark....

Hello,
 Well, thanks all for the help. It's working again but don't ask me what I did to get it to work.  I just fiddled around with the video configurations. Something along the way must have messed them up.

 Unfortuneatly, I lost about a years worth of work.  Mostly a lot of custom textures and objects. Luckily, I did have backups of the purchased stuff. Now comes the fun of re-installing it all.

Thanks All,,,Later...

Okay, I've got a few texture files for you that I wanted to email to you. I really didn't want you to post your email address here. So, IM me your email address and I'll send them your way.

Later...

Hello,
 Did you get my IM to you?

Later...

Okay. When you get your textures together, let me know and you can IM or email em to me and I'll set you up.

Later...

Like I said before, these are just rough drafts.

Later...

I'm a bit confused (not hard to do). You want the insignia tattoo on the back with the other one or by itself?
 I tried the insignia on the left bicep but it didn't work so well. I'll work on it and see what I can come up with.

Later...