Contributor: TOBIN FRICKE Windows API function: BOOL GetUserName( LPTSTR lpBuffer, // address of name buffer LPDWORD nSize // address of size of name buffer ); Delphi example: procedure X; var USize : DWORD; pUName : pchar; sUName:string; begin USize := 30; getmem(pUName, USize); if GetUserName(pUName, USize) then sUserName := StrPas(pUName) else sUserName := 'Unknown'; freemem( pUName, USize ); end;