Of course it's returning the total CPU usage. Look at the line of code your using: Chaos Machine wrote: Private m_PerformanceCounter As New System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter("Processor", "% Processor Time", "_Total") On top of this, you don't even need the Performance counters to do this. You can get a processes CPU time using the process' Process object. Checkout the Process class[^] and it's TotalProcessorTime and UserProcessorTime properties. A guide to posting questions on CodeProject[^] Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic      2006, 2007, 2008

Have you tried this? Assuming tblIns.date is a date field. "UPDATE tblIns SET Date= cdate('21/12/05') WHERE Job_Number = '0909090'

KaptinKrunch, I forgot to mention that i have the Standard version of VB.NET and it doesn't make programs as services. I am tinkering with an Application Console, but i can't hide it from the Task Manager. I have heard that you can do that. But how?????? Thank you though for your input. Still trying to find the way

I didn't say you couldn't get the perf data using WMI. I said, you SHOULDN'T use WMI for it. If you want Performance Counter data, use the PerformanceCounter classes. It's what they're there for and you don't have to wrap a bunch of WMI junk to get something that's already been wrapped for you. RageInTheMachine9532 "...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome

use "ExecuteNonquery" method try to use this logic for deletion dim objcommand as oledbcommand=new oledbcommand() objcommand.commandtext="delete ------(ur code)" myconnection.open() objcommand.executenonquery() objcommand.close()

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Thank you Christian. I used Dim LayoutRen As RectangleF = New RectangleF(0, 90, 100, 300) e.Graphics.DrawString(drawString, drawFont1, drawBrush, LayoutRen) and it work like a charm. Thank again! :-D Still trying to find the way

I just had that same problem. Here is an example: ' Draw all font names on form Dim gr As Graphics = Me.CreateGraphics gr.Clear(Color.White) ' Prepare a message with tabs and carriage returns. Dim msg As String = String.Format("{0}Column 1{0}Column 2{0}Column 3{1}" _ & "Row 1{0}Cell (1,1){0}Cell (1,2){0}Cell (1,3){1}" _ & "Row 2{0}Cell (2,1){0}Cell (2,2){0}Cell (2,3){1}", _ ControlChars.Tab, ControlChars.CrLf) Dim fnt As New Font("Arial", 12) Dim strFormat As New StringFormat() ' Set the tab stops. Dim tabStops() As Single = {80, 140, 200} strFormat.SetTabStops(0, tabStops) ' Draw the text with specified tab stops. gr.DrawString(msg, fnt, Brushes.Black, 20, 20, strFormat) fnt.Dispose() gr.Dispose() Hope that hels you!

Thank you J4amieC it worked!!! Thank you so much. Now i have to expand this so when i have two areas with the same keyword a list is populated. Hmmm lets see if i can do it!! LOL Thank you again for your help...:-D Still trying to find the way

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