Sergey,

Thanks for the link.
Interestingly, when I click on the download button, nothing of substance happens. It's as if something is sent to MS and it decides to NOT download, without message of any kind. This is a fresh XP install of MSDE from the VFP CD and no (other) SQL Server installed.

I'll try it later in the day.

Thanks

>Jim,
>
>I don't remember if BOL comes with MSDE but you can download the latest version from http://www.microsoft.com/SQL/techinfo/productdoc/2000/books.asp.
>
>PS. My BOL shortcut points to C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Books\SQL80.col but I'm not using MSDE.
>
>>Sergey,
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>>Yes, when I rebooted the next morning it was there! It was definitely NOT there on the day before, when I installed/removed/reinstalled. I had even hovered over each icon to see if it might have changed for XP, as many of the others have, and it was not there.
>>In any case, it is NOW>
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>>Do you know, Sergey, if BOL comes with MSDE? I cannot seem to locate it (I want to put it onto the Desktop for easy access).
>>