>>>IE8 :-)
>>
>>Very odd. My window looks *exactly* like yours except that the Checkbox and related text just aren't there.
>>OS related (I'm on XP) ?
>
>Windows 7 here.

That apparently accounts for it (see Naoto's post)....
I've since tried removing pretty much every restriction I can find in IE but I still get the error in VFP :-{
I'm think I'm going to get the support guys to look at this and see if they can re-create on their systems......