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Recently I've been working on a program which actively updates your system's current information on Windows NT 4.0+.  I'm wondering though if anyone has used a program like this.  Typically a window that has a list of system informations like CPU usage, memory allocated, memory avaliable, page file, etc. etc. -- does anyone know of any free ones?  I'd like to get some ideas from them.  If one came with the source that'd be even better.  Thanks...

Just an example of what you might see in the window:

CPU Usage: 55%
Memory Avaliable: 403MB
Memory Used: 7021MB
Drive C Space: 4GB
IP: 63.241.83.7
etc.

I might should not tell you this, but you have taken the first step to becoming a decent programmer.  What has at some point driven many good programmers is an innate (maybe insane?), obsession with learning and understanding all the low-level mechanisms associated with their computer and operating systems.

When evaluating people on their computer I.Q., I often ask them distributed and varied, but surgical, questions about their systems.  Like, "describe to me the partition tables and how they are used in the PC boot sequence."

 I remember how excited I was when I first disected a computer, and how insanely excited I was to see it boot up while looking inside, though I was disapointed because I thought I was going to see eletricity, heh.  But that was some time ago.  

Why ask for something when u know its all on pscode?, (I guarentee there are more 100 examples of what your asking for)

Quote from: effect on May 24, 2004, 11:30 PM
Why ask for something when u know its all on pscode?, (I guarentee there are more 100 examples of what your asking for)

Not very accurate to assume someone would know where those places are, because I for one don't.  Thanks, though...

Uve been here for 200 odd post's now , i assume people with any programming experience (who are serious) and who have been here for that amount of time  know about the existance of pscode.

Looking at the Website I see it's relatively shit and pointless...I don't see why you would think everyone who is *serious* about programming would know about it...The server is also extremely slow...

Quote from: Mephisto on May 24, 2004, 11:51 PM
Looking at the Website I see it's relatively shit and pointless...I don't see why you would think everyone who is *serious* about programming would know about it...The server is also extremely slow...

Oh yea , your just ignoring the million lines of source code that resides there?

Rules before posting:

1. Google
2. PSCode
3. Forum Search

Posting is usually my last resort because everything has been asked you just have to find the answer.

taskmgr.exe displays most of that.

GetSystemInfo() and GlobalMemoryStatus() is what I looked up from DMBot.

As for getting the WAN IP, I know of no standard way of getting it without some sort of remote server.

Quote from: effect on May 25, 2004, 12:19 AM

Quote from: Mephisto on May 24, 2004, 11:51 PM
Looking at the Website I see it's relatively shit and pointless...I don't see why you would think everyone who is *serious* about programming would know about it...The server is also extremely slow...

Oh yea , your just ignoring the million lines of source code that resides there?

You're in desperate need to read "Second Foundation" by Isaac Asimov.

Quote from: Grok on May 25, 2004, 01:33 AM

Quote from: effect on May 25, 2004, 12:19 AM

Quote from: Mephisto on May 24, 2004, 11:51 PM
Looking at the Website I see it's relatively shit and pointless...I don't see why you would think everyone who is *serious* about programming would know about it...The server is also extremely slow...

Oh yea , your just ignoring the million lines of source code that resides there?

You're in desperate need to read "Second Foundation" by Isaac Asimov.

"thall shall not smigten thy heathen but let him into thy house"

wildstab at what your getting at  

Since we are recommending books for people to read, Mephisto:

A Lesson in Personal Empowerment
by John J. Murphy

I'm glad to see the regular forum flamers were able to stop by and waste everyone's time -- again.