My avatar is a cloud since the latest SL viewer update. I have tried suggestions posted here.

[Serafina Puchkina]

I have tried the suggestions posted here. Really. I didn't even know you could test bandwith or what the develop menu was for. My SL cache is clear; I've reset my router and modem. Everything is fine when I used other viewers, but I'd prefer to use SL Viewer. 

i can change avatar outfit and hair (I saw when I went to other viewers). I went to Smith. 

Still a cloud. 

 

[Lyra Blackthorne]

maybe go back to the earlier version of viewer or try one of the third party viewers like Phoenix

[Rolig Loon]

I agree with Lyra.  If things look fine for you with a third party viewer, stick with it.  It beats banging your head against the wall with LL's current V2 viewer.  If you like the look and feel of V2, I'd suggest trying Firestorm, which has a V2 interface that is very much like LL's and has most of V2's features, even in beta (plus many features that V2 does not have).  You'll find it at http://www.phoenixviewer.com  .  If you want to stay with LL's V2 but go back to a previous, less buggy version, you'll find all of them at http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Category:Release_Notes .  Just be sure when you install a previous version that you go to Preferences >> Setup and disable Automatic Updates so that LL doesn't send you the newest version again.