[DUG] CPU usage

[Pieter De Wit]

Hi John,

Wait for the screensaver to kick in ? :)

Cheers,

Pieter
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Bird" <johnkbird at paradise.net.nz>
To: "NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List" <delphi at delphi.org.nz>
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 15:58
Subject: [DUG] CPU usage


> Is there a simple way to find simple measure of current CPU usage?
>
> Reason - have some housekeeping tasks that I would prefer to not run if 
> the
> computer is loaded at the moment, so an easy way to check before starting 
> it
> would be great.
>
> Does not have to be too precise for my case, basically something that
> answers "is the computer really busy or mainly idle at the moment?"
>
> Here is a couple of examples I found -  wondering if there is a simpler 
> call
> for XP/Vista/Windows 7
> http://www.swissdelphicenter.ch/torry/showcode.php?id=969
> http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=343530
>
> John
>
>
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