determining machine name

[Guest Jeremy]

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?

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

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.

_________________________________________________________

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?

[Guest Jeremy]

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

news:Xns9A74DD102B9DFveranoesthemutforsse@207.46.248.16...

> 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?