>I installed SP5 on a Windows 2000 PRO (SP1) system with :
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>Java 2 Runtime Environment (Standard Edition) V 1.3
>VS.Net beta installed
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>Everything, especially VFP 6, continues to run without any problems.

So there are two differences in our configs. I was using NT4, and I didn't have the beta on my machine. I will try installing SP5 at home and see if having the VS.NET beta makes the diff.