>Hi Jos,
>
>this line is causing the error:
>
>XiCr.WatchDLL("VFP9.EXE")
>
>I get program error
>
>OLE exception error: Exception code c00000fd. OLE object may be
>corrupt

Bob, did you register the dll as an Administrator? Also, what catches my eye is that by the time this line executes the Cryptor object has already be instantiated without error. I ahve this same line in my program and it works ok under Vista Business. Can you execute the following lines under the command window one after the other:

TOBJ_CRYPTOR = CREATEOBJECT("XitechCryptor.Cryptor")

TOBJ_CRYPTOR.BACKUPMODE =  1
TOBJ_CRYPTOR.DEEP       = .F.
TOBJ_CRYPTOR.DYNAMIC    = .F.

TOBJ_CRYPTOR.WATCHDLL("VFP9.EXE")
TOBJ_CRYPTOR.WATCHDLL("VFP9R.DLL") 	&& Visual FoxPro 9.0 Runtime
TOBJ_CRYPTOR.WATCHDLL("VFP9T.DLL") 	&& Visual FoxPro 9.0 Runtime MT

Can you do each one, one at a time.