>>>http://www.foxite.com/archives/vfp-as-a-windows-service-0000200270.htm
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>Thanks, Al. That's pretty much the same advice as in Calvin's blog.
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>Thanks also for confirmation re Winsock. I'll get the sourcecode looked at.

If you want high reliability on old computers, it's a good idea to have some sort of official protocol for evaluating them in case of problems e.g. check power incidents logged by UPS monitoring software, Windows Event logs, periodic dust vacuuming etc.