>Hmm a minute or two sounds pretty bad if by that you mean 120 seconds.
In my experience; by the time VFP loaded up; it was there. but when I login drop to a command box; it's not always there right away...

>Maybe I should be using some sort of login/password entry system even though this is not required.
or Group Assigning in the User Admin?

you can find out what groups you belong to...