No, I was using the default "all systems" setting which toggles back and forth.
New discovery just now however....
It "suddenly" started working... and after some fiddling around I found why... sort of.
When running foxpro as an administrator, I CANNOT create the com object
When running foxpro NOT as an administrator CAN create the com object...
If anything I would expect the opposite is true.
My test COM dll I created... works just fine either way. I'm off to do more googling now that I have a new clue.
Sigfried Trent, aka FoxMan
(Working from his secret code cave, FoxMan battles the forces of darkness lead by the deranged and mysterious Bug Boy)