>>To cut a very long story indeed short.
>>2 months ago we had a power cut, & the network people left.
>>on the following monday & ever since all foxpro large processes have run extremely slow & normally ceased to run, after haning the whole windows operating system is also dead (i.e. 2 minutes to accept one key response)
>>No changes have been made to any programs
>>but since the new network people refuse to admit any blame,
>>we are left in a situation.
>>On the network terminal , 'Data Collision' keeps flashing
>>
>>any ideas USA ?
>Hi,
>Not USA. Data collision might be normal. Or it can be a faulty netcard, faulty cabling, grounding etc.
>In the case of FP if you haven't done already delete and purge *.tmp that could be left during power failure.
>Cetin

Just to add an addition item to try...it's not uncommon for indexes to become corrupted after an event like that. Try dropping the indexes and recreating them.

-Mike