The tables are the files, but you are correct in that they are FoxPro 2.6 .dbf files.

The permissions on that folder are everybody, builtin\admin, and SYSTEM, all with full control,...

Look I apologise if my last reply is a little rough, but I expected more than I got with that first reply. So apologies again.

Peter,

We do not use database...

I found this under http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/tsqlref/ts_oa-oz_78z8.asp

Its the Transact-SQL Reference for OpenRowset.

Its also under http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/ms190312.aspx which is for SQL Server 2005:

So it...