Steve-

>When I run Import Wizard to import an Excel 97 spreadsheet into a VFP 6.0 table I get the good ole Fatal error: Exception code=C0000005

What service pack of VFP 6? (Look in the Help|About for the build number). If you'd like to email me the XLS file (if it's not huge, that is), I'll try it on my system and see if I have the same problem.