Got it! The answer was simply to snag a bit more RAM. I bumped my machine up to a gig of RAM and Vicki 2 renders like a dream. Thank you all again! Troy

Thank you... all of you. (That doesn't mean stop posting... :) I want and need all of the advice I can get from you all!) I just wanted to drop a note and let you all know how much I have appreciated your time and helpful hints. Each time I've written with a question I've been overwhelmed with good answers -- I credit this forum with making Poser fun. It's a great bunch of software, but without people like yourselves to guide me through all of the morphs, tweaks, and hidden passages, I'm afraid that it would simply be too tangled for me to navigate. Again, thank you. Troy