>I need to load this sucker today here on my work PC. I never got around to loading the VFPCOM.dll yet on this machine either... (things tend to get updated at home first). Any chance SP3 includes VFPCOM.dll update?

Nope... but, the VFPCOM.DLL is a small file that installs in about 2 minutes... You should be able to install it after the SP3 install.

BOb