If you can manage to get the SOAP Toolkit installed, you can bypass the prerequisites with VFP9BETA_CD\setup\setup.exe /NO_BSLN_CHECK
See VFP9BETA_CD\wcu\help\moreinfo.htm for details on how to install prereq bits separately, and bypassing the prereq check.
Jim Saunders
Microsoft
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