[DUG] CPU memory usage

[Phil Scadden]

> I am creating a window service using delphi 5. I need some help is getting the CPU memory usage of the machine so that my service runs when CPU usage is low. Is there any way to find out the CPU usage. Is there soem registry key or soemthing. I am not sure actually.
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Strikes me that the best way to do this is to reduce the priority of 
service process instead. A process with appropriate privilege can get 
the id of process and then reduce the priority. I dont know if a process 
can do this to itself (I have my doubts) but perhaps your service runs 
within a context where another process can do this? As far as I know you 
cannot change priority through the SCM functions.
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