I can't see any reason why having a Vsti/DXi loaded should be a problem. What on earth do you do when you load a style with a midi piano, or a midi bass, or midi strings? Unless there is something I'm mising, I can't see what the fuss is about - so you can't render RTs without a Vsti/DXi? Why is this such a problem?? You can't load BAIB without windows ... You can't load BAIB without fonts .. You can't load BAIB without a soundcard driver ...

Brian