>I keep getting a VERY annoying behavior in the release VFP8. Sometimes when
>I use the method pulldown when editing an object, VFP freezes, running the
>processor at or near 100%. Usually if I alt-tab to another Windows window and
>return, it resumes proper functioning, but not always. VFP7 doesn't do this for
>me. Anybody else see this behavior?

Only in conjunction with Seti@Home. If I kill the Seti@Home process, I get control of VFP back immediately. Are you running anything that uses your machine's idle cycles?