>I experimented the same thing last summer and the only way I resolved this was to change the theme (in the display properties) from Windows XP to Windows Classic. It looks like the beta version of VFP 7 does not support the new XP interface.

But just to clarify, VFP 7.0 (the shipping version) works great under Windows XP. I have used Windows XP for 3 months now, and I have yet to see any blue screen or lock-up yet, I've never had to re-boot once, and VFP 7.0 runs great on Windows XP. Windows XP is the most stable version of Windows ever released and makes a great development and deployment platform for VFP 7.0 applications. This thread disusses beta software running on beta software, so I'd thought I'd reply and clarify that those results have no reflection on the shipping versions of VFP 7.0 and Windows XP.