thanks for the info Rodd - I will forward this to our network guru...



>>I have a case where an exe compiled in VFP 8.0 SP1 is giving this error when I try to run on a couple of win2000 machines...
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>>The exe will not continue, and the log file contains the following info:
>> Fatal error: Exception code=C0000005 @ 03/04/04 11:45:13 AM. Error log file: K:\ub\VFP8Rerr.log
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>>I have the 8.0 sp1 files in the application folder
>> msvcr70.dll
>> gdiplus.dll
>> vfp8r.dll
>> vfp8renu.dll
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>>These machines both have 6.0 sp3 runtimes installed and will run app files compiled in 8.0?
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>>Let me know if I can include any other details that may help...
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>We were having this same problem and just found a solution today. Apparently, this quirk with Win2K and VFP 8.0 is a known thing at Microsoft. They have an article on how to fix it: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;839024
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>Apparently it has to do with drop shadows and roaming profiles on a Win2K machine. With this fix, we are able to keep our roaming profiles and our Win2K machines and still function properly.