Wow! Thanks!
http://weblogs.asp.net/rosherove/arc...5/01/6295.aspx
This link has a wrapper somebody wrote for accessing shared memory - assuming it's in VB, I may have just found the solution!
Thanks again for all your help...
EDIT: Oh crap! I just upgraded to VB .NET Express Version, the new one, and I don't think the wrapper will work now... dam...