Terry,

>BUT: Never considered your suggestion regarding CLSID with the computer name in COEX. THANX! (maybe this will eliminate the need to have a client local VBR.)

It does eliminate that need, but also means that the info in the VBR has to be sent over the wire, which might affect performance a little. But if it works, I guess that would be a big performance improvement over your current situation, huh? :-)

>BTW Does DCOM+ have auto-registration capabilities? Can VFP DCOM+?

I don't have Win2K, so I can't comment about COM+.