Hey Evan, One More to add...
Use UNC instead of drive mappings for everything.

>A couple thoughts Evan, Hope this helps -
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>Know how to load the VFP patches & SP stuff for COM/DCOM.
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>How to use that Dcomcnfg utility thats everybody says is so blasted awful.
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>Know what runtime dll's & drivers would always need rolled out & how to make a bogus project to roll out just drivers
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>Hey the new VS install wizard deal maybe?
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>All possible settings you can make under Tools Menu -> Options that would be important or helpful with distributed apps.
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>SET commands useful in a config.fpw file to make your development environment more conducive for distributed apps.
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>(BTW - next study group session? I'm really trying to get into these, just been so dag gone busy)