>From time to time (and more often lately), after I run something (say a form with ActiveX on it, or even modify a Report),
>and VFP is just sitting on a blank desktop with a command window I get;
>
>"Not enough memory to compete this operation".
>
>Then couple minutes later it grays out and says "VFP8 has stopped working" and it exists.
>
>It seems to be happening more often,
>Any clues would be appreciated.

If you have a machine with a lot of RAM memory you could try limiting VFP's use of it with SYS( 3050 ):

http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~SyS3050