Thanks all for the replies.  I will do a bit more reading and make a choice :)

Hi Acadia - I have 4 GB of memory and a 350GB hard drive - I also have 2 X 500GB external hard drives.

I do have V3, and M3, but suppose a trip to Daz is going to be called for.

I read that poser (6?) alowed external runtimes - does Poer 8 allow that? Presumably I can install Poser 8 onto the machines hard drive and have everything else external?

Thanks for the reply :) I was wondering how to actually load the HDRI image :) I cannot find out how to get .hdr images into vue. I tried the atmosphere editor, clicked on the litle file to browse where they are stored but it is looking only for .atm files. Any clues?

Quote - I have never once heard anyone  use bitch in casual conversation speaking of dogs.

Anyway, I love that scene in the book. She is refering to another woman.

Not quite sure when we got talking about porn or why. :)

Perhaps it may be peculiar to me then, but I always use the word bitch when talking about my female dog. I own both sexes, and it makes it easier to say  that I have "A bitch and a dog". To me a dog is always male.  I once had a friend who always referred to her bitch as a "Lady Dog" and I was more offended by that than by the word bitch :)

A nice smart 3 piece suit - That's what Apollo really needs :)

Pakled - thanks very much :)

Please - Can anyone help?

Should have said - sorry - I did find a thread here - http://excalibur.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?message_id=2695117&ebot_calc_page#message_2695117 and in the instructions it says:

1. Now open your MilBaby3 CR2 in a text editor and edit the two lines near the top that point to the original object file to point to your new Mil3BabyV3.obj file and save as A NEW NAME - Do NOT overwrite your original (say maybe 'Mil3BabyV3.Cr2')

I opened mine in notepad and there is no reference at all to the original object so where did I go wrong? I did open the .obj I had made in poser - it was not in the figures library so I imported the .obj and he was just a prop.

Gorgeous work and thanks for sharing them so freely. Eggscellent :)

Quote - "Risk Assessment     - Home Users: Low -  Corporate Users: Low  - Date Discovered: 4/25/2006 - Date Added: 4/25/2006 - Origin: N/A Length: N/A - Type: Virus SubType: P2P Worm DAT Required: 4748

**uses Gnutella protocol to spread through p2p clients like BearShare that implements this protocol."
**

**Very curious!!!, something strange is going on???
There's no way to a virus spread by P2P using Gnutella, eMule, BitTorrent!!!
You cannot send a virus or any file to a computer using P2Ps, the computer's user must request the file for downloading, it's not like emails that can be sent and received without your knowledge.
The only files that you download are those that you wanted,  this file can be infected, but never is downloaded if you haven't requested it.
Even if you download it and is infected, nothing happens, the file is stored only in the folders that you decided to share in the network,  but  nothing happens, downloading an infected file is not enough, you must execute it (run, open) to have your computer infected.
**

"From what I have been told I believe you have to be using a P2P programe and downloading pirated stuff in order to get this particular virus."
Another myth!, P2Ps are as a knife, with a knife you can kill someone or use it to eat, you decide how you use it.
There exist  a lot of  legal materials that you can use P2Ps, if you are the author and if want to do it, you can share your work with people usintg these networks and you needn't to have a site for this, your computer is just enough!

As I said above, and will say again, - I am not accusing anyone of anything  - just quoting from the link that original poster provided. It is obvious that using a P2P one has to request the file in order to download it - it is also obvious that without  opening that file you are not going to get "infected" - so it must then be equally obvious that requesting the file from a P2P means that you are eventually going to open the file - otherwise why bother?. And they sure ain't gonna tell you which files are infected.  I am equally sure that as you said, there are legal materials available - just as there are 99% more of the "pirated" variety.

Symantec says the following:

When W32.Polip is installed, it performs the following actions:

1. Infects .scr and .exe files when they are opened or executed on the compromised computer.
2. Hides its presence on the compromised computer by injecting its code into running processes.
3. Attempts to spread by sharing infected files on the Gnutella file sharing network, even if the Gnutella software isn't installed on the compromised computer.
4. Tries to lower security settings by deleting certain files relating to antivirus software.

Quote - > Quote - From what I have been told I believe you have to be using a P2P programe and downloading pirated stuff in order to get this particular virus.

MAYBE the first person who got this virus had to. But then... MSN Instant Messenger, Windows Messenger, AOL Chat, BitTorrent - these are all forms of P2P as well. Further. Once it is on a machine, if you take an exe off that machine you get it too. For example, let us say 'person X' has the virus and makes a new item for Poser that they sell or give away through a website. they package that item as an exe. Everybody who gets that item gets the virus. Person Y has never done anything with their brand new PC save for turn it on, go on the net, and buy that item for Poser. Person Y gets the virus. Think of it this way: The first person who ever got AIDS more than likely got it by being too frisky with a monkey. But today, it is everywhere and you don't need any monkeys to transmit it nor recieve it (Apologies for seeming humor in something totally not humorous - I couldn't think of a better way to illustrate this).

Thanks I was not aware that you could get the virus this way - I will be a lot more careful as I have been downloading freebies etc.

BTW I was not accusing anyone - just quoting from the link the original poster provided.

What no one seems to have mentioned yet though is that is a P2P worm.

Risk Assessment     - Home Users: Low -  Corporate Users: Low  - Date Discovered: 4/25/2006 - Date Added: 4/25/2006 - Origin: N/A Length: N/A - Type: Virus SubType: P2P Worm DAT Required: 4748

Uses Gnutella protocol to spread through p2p clients like BearShare that implements this protocol.

From what I have been told I believe you have to be using a P2P programe and downloading pirated stuff in order to get this particular virus.

Worst pick up line - Guy licks his finger and runs it over girls top/dress whatever, and then says "hey, we must get you out of those wet clothes" Best put down - Guy "hey babe where have you been all my life?" Girl - "well for most of it, it would appear that I wasn't even born!"