Hello Michel! Does the following code the job? *-- Retrieves local computer name from registry PROCEDURE retrievecomputername local lcMachineName,lnLen,llRetVal declare GetComputerName in WIN32API string @,long @ lcMachineName=space(200) lnLen=200 llRetVal=GetComputerName(@lcMachineName,@lnLen) return iif(llRetval,left(alltr(lcMachineName),len(alltr(lcMachineName))-1),.Null.) ENDPROC Have a happy day, Vladimir Shevchenko P.S. Sorry, if too late ;), i'm not have permanent connection > This maybe done by using WIN32API and/or NET32API. However, NET32API will > only work under NT. But, as mentioned by Tony, you can get the user name > with the sample he gave you. You can also find a similar sample in the > Knowledge Base WIN32API category. As for the machine name, I'm not sure if > this is doable. >