Hi.  Once again my thanks to everyone who has taken the time and the trouble to try and help me out with this - its much appreciated and I am sorry it appeared to cause a rift between a couple of the respondents.

I'll try everything that has been suggested and hopefully this will make things better.

My thanks once again.

Hi.  Firstly many thanks once again to those who have replied and all the useful advice you have given - it is very much appreciated.

It looks like a RAM upgrade is needed plus the modifications to the Poser programme that everyone has suggested.

For additional reference to all the problem has only ever occured when I have been working with one figure on the screen, never two (never tried to create a picture with more than one figure before) and the error message has appeared on the screen in most cases before I have even got to the rendering stage.

Hi Kalypso

Many thanks for all the advice.

Hi All

My deepest thanks for all the help and advice you have all given.  Whilst I use a computer all the time I would never ever call me a tech expert, I always have to ask others about that side of things.  I was asked yesterday about my RAM settings and here is what the computer says I have:-

Intel (R)

Celeron (R) 2.26 GH2

2.26GHz, 1.25GB of RAM

Hope this helps but to be honest its way over my head.

I have also been asked what render settings I use.  The programme has been set for its lowest setting which always works and if I am happy with the image I get after rendering I leave it at that.  If I am not happy I will move the setting up a notch and so on and so on until I am happy or the system says it does not want to play.

My thanks once again.

Hi ICPRNCSS2.  Many thanks for your help with this.  As what I would call just a plain user some of the technical terms you have used have escaped me but I will go looking and hopefully find them.

I like to think of this a bit like driving a car.  If it was a requirement that you could ONLY drive a car (or use Poser) if you could fix any anything that was wrong with it there would only be half as many drivers (or Poser users) on the road (if that).  That's why its great that there are forums like this one where the more knowledgable than you are, are willing to take the time and trouble to help you.

To you all my thanks.

Hi JFBEUTE.  Many, many thanks for your responce.  This could be the cuase of the problem.  I am learning all the time.  For additional reference this problem only seems to happen when I am creating figure (female) images.  Most of the images I create are spacecraft or aircraft in flight and it has never once happened when creating this type of image.

What are the tools you mention?  And where can i get them from please?

Hi CSPEAR.  Many thanks for your responce.  I save the Poser scene.

Hi YPVS

Many thanks for your responce.  The version of Poser that I have is version 6.  My operating system is Windows XP.  I have a 240 gig internal hard-drive but have Poser installed on my external hard-drive which is 2 terrabyte.  Could it be something to do with the fact that after I have created a picture that I may return to in the future I save the picture within the Poser programme itself in Poser format as well as also saving it as a JPEG image in a file external to the programme?

Also whilst I am asking do you know if it is possible to save images created using Poser in Poser's own fornat in an external file and then recall them back into Poser for future upgrades?

Thank you so much for this it really helps.  I have been tearing my hear out (what's left of it) trying to get this right and this explains some things which were confusing me.

Hi Apple UK.  Many thanks for the suggestion.  I was in Blackppola couple of weeks ago for the first time in years.  Its changed a lot.

Hi Markschum.  Many thanks for your swift responce.

Hi Laurie

Many thanks for your swift responce.

Hi.  Many thanks for taking the time and trouble to respond its most appreciated.  Is there any way to make the Poser work area bigger via one of the drop down menu's so that even though it will looks small becuase of the screen size the actual work area you have in front of you A3?  Hope I phrased that correctly.

It's getting there.  Its getting there.  The detail you have put into this is really fantastic - Thank you.

Would be grateful if you could keep me in the loop on that please.  Do we know if there are any plans for an Altair Lunar Lander from someone?