>It's as if the concurrent user limit for the server has been reached, and it is dropping users as it needs to. But this is not the case.

That's weird - the similar trouble I was referring to, we're talking about 25 or more users. 7 is ridiculous, though.

OTOH, a related system to my vfp apps is done in PB/Sybase on a Sun. It just about *stops* with more than 5 users, and a very small DB. They're also very concerned, and installing a faster Sun in a few days to try to get things moving. That one's still a mystery, too...