parent?

From the command prompt:

 
C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid.exe
mypid: 880(lsass.exe), parentpid: 824(winlogon.exe)

C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid.exe
mypid: 1492(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 284(cmd.exe)

C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid.exe
mypid: 716(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 284(cmd.exe)

C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid.exe
mypid: 384(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 284(cmd.exe)

--Reopened Cmd prompt--

C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid
mypid: 800(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 696(cmd.exe)

C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid
mypid: 620(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 696(cmd.exe)

C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid
mypid: 948(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 696(cmd.exe)

C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid
mypid: 1116(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 696(cmd.exe)

C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid
mypid: 1152(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 696(cmd.exe)

C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid
mypid: 1132(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 696(cmd.exe)

C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid
mypid: 1120(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 696(cmd.exe)

C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid
mypid: 632(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 696(cmd.exe)

C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid
mypid: 944(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 696(cmd.exe)

C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid
mypid: 1272(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 696(cmd.exe)

C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid
mypid: 224(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 696(cmd.exe)

C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid
mypid: 1188(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 696(cmd.exe)

C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid
mypid: 1308(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 696(cmd.exe)

C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid
mypid: 1276(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 696(cmd.exe)

C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid
mypid: 1304(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 696(cmd.exe)

C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid
mypid: 276(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 696(cmd.exe)

C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid
mypid: 1424(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 696(cmd.exe)

C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid
mypid: 1160(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 696(cmd.exe)

C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid
mypid: 1452(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 696(cmd.exe)

C:project\ParentID\Debug>parentid
mypid: 928(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 696(cmd.exe)

C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid
mypid: 1220(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 696(cmd.exe)

C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid
mypid: 220(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 696(cmd.exe)

C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid
mypid: 1952(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 696(cmd.exe)

C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid
mypid: 520(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 696(cmd.exe)

C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid
mypid: 516(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 696(cmd.exe)

C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid
mypid: 1492(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 696(cmd.exe)

C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid
mypid: 740(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 696(cmd.exe)

C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid
mypid: 780(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 696(cmd.exe)

C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid
mypid: 572(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 696(cmd.exe)

C:\project\ParentID\Debug>parentid
mypid: 1472(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 696(cmd.exe)

I went into VS and ran it a few times (start w/ debugging) from there:

mypid: 1416(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 1360(vcspawn.exe)
Press any key to continue

mypid: 624(devenv.exe), parentpid: 1748(explorer.exe)
Press any key to continue

mypid: 440(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 196(vcspawn.exe)
Press any key to continue

mypid: 624(devenv.exe), parentpid: 1748(explorer.exe)
Press any key to continue

mypid: 624(devenv.exe), parentpid: 1748(explorer.exe)
Press any key to continue

mypid: 1276(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 1308(vcspawn.exe)
Press any key to continue

mypid: 1188(ParentID.exe), parentpid: 224(vcspawn.exe)
Press any key to continue

You are right something is wrong, but somethings working correctly some of the time - its not *always* incorrect, infact its more often correct it seems. It does look like the names match the process ID's correctly.