Michel,

One thing to keep in mind is that static or shared variables are across all sessions in ASP.NET. They are not bound to a session so cUsername is the same for ALL sessions.

>Ok, I did find my way in.
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>Basically, the only syntax I needed was:
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>Public Shared cUsername As String = "username"
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>Also, I like this approach very much. It allows me to instantiate the Web Service at that level and issue the cookie container at only one place.