>>according to ms you "can" install service pack 3 on a vfp 5 installation but then you need to use a special type of setup wizard that you must download from the ms vfp site.
>>sounds like more trouble than it is worth
>Would you really want to with the bugs 5.0 has as opposed to 5.0a? Ahhh
>well....there's always 6.0

Once you install SP3 over 5.0, any version, you're up to 5.0a Build 415, and all you need is the wizards they forgot.