Hi Bill,

>We searched the UT and consulted the KB and found an article with the "magic list" of files to distribute. We happily included all of those files in our installation. (We are using Installshield Express)

I put in that list of files, there is also a File here that is an Install Shield Express file, open that up to see how different the two are. It works for me.

>After our install completed, the system told us to restart (raised eyebrow).

You should be running DCOM98.exe, and that would require a restart. My Install runs it silently and surpresses the restart then requires it at the end.

>Then when booting back up, proceeded to lock up. No keyboard lights, no mouse, nothing. We noticed that it seemed fine until Office 2000 started to load from his startup group. We restarted, held shift, got control, uninstalled our program, and everything was OK. We manually installed it with only what we needed and the VFP6* in the system folder. It worked fine. Scared the heck out of us.

So, my files didn't work, but just copying the other ones did? Just for kicks, can you send me your IWZ file? I'd like to look at it. And make sure to check out File#9554 while your at it. Good Luck!