How can I get the % CPU usage

[robert110]

I am needing to find out the current CPU usage to determine if I need to run a service or not. If the computer is currently busy then I would like to pause my win-services for x-amount of time and then run it again so users don’t feel the repercussions of my programming and vice versa. In the Task Manager (at the bottom status bar) we can see the # of processes, CPU Usage etc. How I can get/calculate that? Are there any classes available? Thanks in advance.

[Guffa]

Have a look at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter. If you want to run a process that does not degrade the performance, you can start a thread with the Priority property set to BelowNormal.

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[Marc Clifton]

This link[^] should help. Marc

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[robert110]

Thanks a lot :)