>will bet everyone does.). My anecdotal experience is that VFP 5.0
>(at least under NT 4.0) can NOT USE MICROSOFT ACTIVEX CONTROLS!

No way. Active-x should definetly work under NT 4.0. The thing is that
when you install a new OS from scratch, you erase all the registered ocx's
and active-x's that have been registered before. If NT 4.0 is like Win 95, you need the service pack to update the MAPI ocx/active-x. These are on the MS web site. Similarly, any other ocx/active-x objects from 3rd
party users will have to be re-registered. You can do this easily in VFP
using the add control section in the olecontainer control object.

HTH