determining machine name

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If I remote into one of our servers (windows 2003 server) from my
workstation (also a 2003 server) and run an application (meditech client) on
the server, that application will actually report the machine name as my
workstation's name rather than the server's name. I've never seen this
before on other applications, and I need this one to correctly use the
server's machine name not my workstations. How is this possible?
 
Re: determining machine name

It seems that the application is TS aware and checks for the value
of %CLIENTNAME%, which is your workstation, rather than %
COMPUTERNAME%, which is the server. This is nearly always (but
obviously not for you) the desired action, when running an
application on a TS.

AFAIK, there's no compatibility flag for this situation. The only
flag that comes close is to use the username in stead of the
computername, but that will probably not help you. See:

Program compatibility flags
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/df78c476-
00d5-41f0-a21d-e1e12e3d1f8b1033.mspx?mfr=true

Only thing that you can do is to contact the application vendor and
ask them for a solution.
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Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
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"Jeremy" <nospam@please.com> wrote on 02 apr 2008 in
microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> If I remote into one of our servers (windows 2003 server) from
> my workstation (also a 2003 server) and run an application
> (meditech client) on the server, that application will actually
> report the machine name as my workstation's name rather than the
> server's name. I've never seen this before on other
> applications, and I need this one to correctly use the server's
> machine name not my workstations. How is this possible?
 
Re: determining machine name

Ahh, thanks for the info, this now makes perfect sence to me.

The reason that it is not working for me is because the application we're
running must run in a user session, so we log into the server with remote
desktop and run the application, then close the session without actually
logging off. the application is client server, and the server side employs
certain rules based on the name of the client machine. In this scenario we
want the client machine to be the server name, not my workstations. I see
no imediate work around, but thanks for helping me figure out what the
actual problem is.


"Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.noest@remove-this.hem.utfors.se> wrote in message
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> It seems that the application is TS aware and checks for the value
> of %CLIENTNAME%, which is your workstation, rather than %
> COMPUTERNAME%, which is the server. This is nearly always (but
> obviously not for you) the desired action, when running an
> application on a TS.
>
> AFAIK, there's no compatibility flag for this situation. The only
> flag that comes close is to use the username in stead of the
> computername, but that will probably not help you. See:
>
> Program compatibility flags
> http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/df78c476-
> 00d5-41f0-a21d-e1e12e3d1f8b1033.mspx?mfr=true
>
> Only thing that you can do is to contact the application vendor and
> ask them for a solution.
> _________________________________________________________
> Vera Noest
> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___
>
> "Jeremy" <nospam@please.com> wrote on 02 apr 2008 in
> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:
>
>> If I remote into one of our servers (windows 2003 server) from
>> my workstation (also a 2003 server) and run an application
>> (meditech client) on the server, that application will actually
>> report the machine name as my workstation's name rather than the
>> server's name. I've never seen this before on other
>> applications, and I need this one to correctly use the server's
>> machine name not my workstations. How is this possible?
 
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