RE: Detecting a Terminal Server session

Hi Mike,

You probably are running with Fast User Switching feature on XP. Please
note fast user switching is implemented using Terminal Service sessions.
The first user to log on uses session zero, the next user to log on uses
session one, and so on.

The most reliable way to get client name is to use
WTSQuerySessionInformation:

#WTSQuerySessionInformation
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa383838.aspx

However, I understand this might be too complicated to call WTS api in VB6
than simply checking for the environment variables. Actually, in your case,
I think simply checking for the CLIENTNAME environment variable will be
suffice to determine if it's a terminal session and what's the client name.

You can also check if it's realy running under a terminal session or not by
using another simpler API GetSystemMetrics:

#Detecting the Terminal Services Environment
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa380798.aspx


Hope this helps.


Sincerely,
Walter Wang (wawang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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