I'm hoping some very kind person can help me stop pulling my hair out. I've changed my approach to populating a list box by using a DataReader.

It displays the first match briefly then displays "Authenticate_User.MatchingRecord" for each instance of a match.

Authenticate_User is the name of the Program. MatchingRecord is a class.

I'm ready to give up. I've posted the code if you have time, I would buy you a big dinner.

The Public Class Works. I just included it in case you need it.
Public Class MatchingRecord
    Private cAccountName As String
    Public ReadOnly Property AccountName() As String
        Get
            Return cAccountName
        End Get
    End Property
    Private cAccountId As String
    Public ReadOnly Property AccountId() As String
        Get
            Return cAccountId
        End Get
    End Property
    Public Sub New(ByVal name As String, ByVal id As Integer)
        cAccountName = name
        cAccountId = id
    End Sub
End Class - This works

Private Sub txtSearch_TextChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles txtSearch.TextChanged
   Dim SQLStmt As String
   Dim DisplayedInList As Integer
   Dim Cnxn As New OleDbConnection( _
   "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" _
   & "Data Source=CommonAlgorithms.mdb")
   Cnxn.Open()
   If Cnxn.State <> ConnectionState.Open Then
            MsgBox("Unable to connect to the database...",
            MsgBoxStyle.Critical)
            End
    End If (My SQL statement Works)
        SQLStmt = String.Format( _
           "SELECT (LastName + ', ' + FirstName) as AccountName, Id from Accounts WHERE LastName like '{0}%' ORDER BY LastName, FirstName", _
           txtSearch.Text)
        'Debug.Write("SQLStmt=" & SQLStmt)
        Dim cmdSearch As New OleDbCommand(SQLStmt, Cnxn)
        Dim Matches As OleDbDataReader = cmdSearch.ExecuteReader

     Dim MatchingRecords As New ArrayList
     DisplayedInList = 0
     lbMatches.DisplayMember = "AccountName"
     lbMatches.ValueMember = "AcctId"
            Do
                MatchingRecords.Add(New MatchingRecord(Matches.Item
                ("AccountName"), Matches.Item("AcctId")))
                DisplayedInList += 1
            Loop Until (DisplayedInList > 50) Or Not Matches.Read

            lbMatches.DataSource = MatchingRecords
            lbMatches.Focus()
        End If
        Cnxn.Close()
        txtSearch.Focus()
    End Sub

Thank you.