This is very interesting that you bring this up. I generally keep Outlook Express open all day, while I do not have a dedicated connection, it is still open.
I agree on your analysis of Win98. But the ONLY problems I have is this VFP6 problem (and only VFP6) and occasionally during the day, if I haven't kept Outlook open, I will try to open, and just get an hourglass for 3-4 seconds, then nothing. Hit ctrl-alt-del and you can see msimn.exe--not responding.

Kevin

>I'm not 100% positive concerning what fixed my lockup problems but I'll tell you my experiences with VFP 6.0/Win98.
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>I typically check my email and UT early in the morning. Soon after, I start programming. VFP may/may not have been minimized while I was using IE and Outlook Express.
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>Soon after I logged off while working in VFP, the computer would lockup. This happened to two different computers in my office. Once I saw this pattern, I started using one computer for email, etc. and one computer for VFP development.
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>Since I started doing this, I typically have a large FP 2.6 application and the same VFP app. (rewriting) open on the development computer around the clock and never again had a lockup!
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>I kind of lean towards Outlook Express being the problem, because VFP 6.0 help on the dev. computer uses IE 4.
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>It would be interesting to find out if others, having the problem, see a similar pattern.
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>In defense of Win98, I would like to add, it is a much more stable system than Win95. Since switching, I rarely have any problems except as noted above.
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>Dale
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>>I have been having all kinds of problems with vfp6. The only system I currently have actively in 6 is a program that waas originally done in vfp3.
>>I can hardly do anything for any length of time without my entire computer locking up. Nothing to do at that point but turn it off and turn it back on.
>>I suspected I was having a lot of problems because I upgraded to Win98, so I took a whole day and re-formatted my hard drive, and did a clean install of 98, and while everything else on the computer (Dell 333) is running a LOT better, vfp6 is still locking up MANY times a day.
>>I never had this problem with vfp3 or 5 on this computer. I am at a loss and very frustrated. I know I posted something similar to this a while back, but if anyone has any ideas, please help!!!!
>>Kevin Payne