>>If I'm not already connected to my ISP and I want VFP 6 help, it attempts to dial out...
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>>Why is that?
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>>MS spying on me or something?
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>>Just curious.
>If you have run MSDN disk setup, you should go to VFP Tools/Options/File Locations menu and set the location of Help file to where your foxhelp.chm is.
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>Nick

The help starts up fine and DOES reside on the C: drive and IS properly pointed to. I'm just curious why the attempt is made to access the net? If I just click Cancel three times, it proceeds normally

Wierd!