Hmmmm....ok..I'll tinker around with the 'focus' of the login screen....

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>Okay, it's an odd problem, then, machine/OS specific.
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>You've probably tried this, too, but how about setting the active form in the problem module AlwaysonTop? Or (now we're starting on ugly workarounds :) if it's only the main vfp open, add another form Left = -10000 with a control to getfocus, and launch this with Alwaysontop .T. Or even an object on the main screen, maybe
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>Anyway, sounds like it could be a focus/activeform-related problem, maybe it would help to get a "focus" involved...