wins and win32 shell API functions

Hi

I have a friend who is trying to run a very small application that I have
written, on their windows server. My application uses Delphi's
GetComputerName function that uses win 32 shell API functions. They are
running the small application from a script from the main server, but it
appears to make log on very slow.

They have ask me if they need to have WINS running on the main server, but I
am unsure. Does the getcomputername function need WINS running?

Any ideas as to why it should slow their network login down would be
appreciated!

Thanks
Dave

Dave wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have a friend who is trying to run a very small application that
> I have written, on their windows server. My application uses
> Delphi's GetComputerName function that uses win 32 shell API
> functions. They are running the small application from a script
> from the main server, but it appears to make log on very slow.

Are you using it as a logon script? If so your application should start
another copy of itself and then exit. This will free the logon sequence to
continue and your app will have all the time in the world to finish.

>
> They have ask me if they need to have WINS running on the main
> server, but I am unsure. Does the getcomputername function need
> WINS running?

No.

> Any ideas as to why it should slow their network login down would be
> appreciated!

Synchronous execution of logon scripts may be the problem. There is AFAIK a
group policy that can change that.

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Eugene