>I counld try on a WinNT4 box if that would make a difference.

You'll just have to try it, because I haven't. Easy enough to test, though.

> Is there any way to install just the VFP OLEDB provider without all of VS.NET?

You can install any OLE DB provider by copying it to the directory of your choice(prog files\common\system\ole db\ is the default), then registering it with regsvr32.exe.