hi, i have a question about the _beginthreadx function In the third and fourth parameter: if i have this line to create the thread hThread=(HANDLE)_beginthreadex(0,0, &RunThread, &m_socket,CREATE_SUSPENDED,&threadID ); m_socket is the socket that i want inside the thread (fourth parameter) and i have the RunThread function (third parameter) in this way static unsigned __stdcall RunThread (void* ptr) { return 0; } It is sufficient to create the thread independently if m_socket has something or not? Thanks in advance Thank you for the response Ciaran Keating helped me understand better the thread I'll explain a little more the situation I´m creating the tread in this function inside a class public: void getClientsConnection() { numberOfClients = 1; SOCKET temporalSocket = NULL; firstClient = NULL; secondClient = NULL; while (numberOfClients < 2) { temporalSocket = SOCKET_ERROR; while (temporalSocket == SOCKET_ERROR) { temporalSocket = accept(m_socket, NULL, NULL); //----------------------------------------------- HANDLE hThread; unsigned threadID; hThread=(HANDLE)_beginthreadex(0,0, &RunThread, &m_socket,CREATE_SUSPENDED,&threadID ); WaitForSingleObject( hThread, INFINITE ); if(!hThread) printf("ERROR AL CREAR EL HILO: %ld\n", WSAGetLastError()); //----------------------------------------------- } if(firstClient == NULL) { firstClient = temporalSocket; muebleC1 = temporalSocket; actionC1 = temporalSocket; ++numberOfClients; printf("CLIENTE 1 CONECTADO\n"); } else { secondClient = temporalSocket; muebleC2 = temporalSocket; actionC2 = temporalSocket; ++numberOfClients; printf("CLIENTE 2 CONECTADO\n"); } } } What i'm trying to do is to have the socket inside the thread while wait for a client connection Is this feasible as i have the code of the thread? I can change the state of the thread that is not a problem Thanks again