Private Declare Function apiGetComputerName Lib "kernel32" Alias
"GetComputerNameA" (ByVal lpBuffer As String, nSize As Long) As Long
Private Function fOSMachineName() As String 'Returns the computername
Dim lngLen As Long, lngX As Long
Dim strCompName As String
strCompName = String$(16, 0)
lngLen = 16
lngX = apiGetComputerName(strCompName, lngLen)
If (lngX > 0) Then
fOSMachineName = Left$(strCompName, lngLen)
Else
fOSMachineName = vbNullString
End If
End Function