>We are seriously considering upgrading to VFP7, but this doesn't sound too promising.
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As mentioned, I suspect it's an error in how I have the Win2K DNS Server installed using a firewall/router based DHCP server - the problem does not occur if I assign it a static IP address; it may be that the inherited NDS servers provided via the ISP's DHCP server is not adding the local DC as the primary DNS server, in which case, a simple cahnge to the router config will fix it, or I may not have properly assigned the DC acting as domain DNS server a reservation on the router's DHCP map when I added the NC

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>>I've had very good results in the runtime environment, given adequate RAM and Win2K/WinXP as a workstation platform with Win2K Servers. I've had intermittent Ui problems on one of my development boxes (Compaq P4 1.6GHz, 512MB, Radeon 8500 DDE with dual monitors in a Win2K environment under AD - I can't rule out an intermittent connectivity issue when the Radeon is cranking both displays (one has the debugger and property Windows open, the other the app) while lots of network activity is happening - the station seems to get confusedand momentarily drop connectivity to the server - always accompanied by a failed attempt to reregister the DNS name to the DHCP address. Using a static IP address works around the registration issue; I'm convinced it's a DNS Server error on my part.