Declare Function GetUserName Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "GetUserNameA" (ByVal lpBuffer As String, nSize As Long) As Long Sub Get_User_Name() ' Dimension variables Dim lpBuff As String * 25 Dim ret As Long, UserName As String ' Get the user name minus any trailing spaces found in the name. ret = GetUserName(lpBuff, 25) UserName = Left(lpBuff, InStr(lpBuff, Chr(0)) - 1) ' Display the User Name MsgBox UserName End Sub