Look what I just found in my mailbox from the Developer Support Newsletter...
Microsoft Visual FoxPro
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HOWTO: Detect DCOM Installation Under VFP 6.0 (215362)
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q215/3/62.asp
Roxanne M. Seibert
Independent Consultant, VFP MCP
Code Monkey Like Fritos