WMI Meters... How to?

[heath28m]

Okay so I was messing with a skin/config.. and was searching for information which I cannot even so remotely find a mention of .. anywhere in the forums. I ask this question.

Does/Is/Are there capabilities with Rainmeter, to access WMI.. such as Win32_Processor Load Percentage.. ( real true CPU Usage ). I am asking this to get more accurate information on load.. I only have one single core processor on this machine. This may not be as useful all around to some with multiple cores.. ( but it could ) for that .. but I would like to know if the functionality exists.. and how to go about properly implementing it while I am on about it..LOL

Any input would be great..

Thanks,
H

[maminscris]

PerfMon plugin does that

measures for 2 cores

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[MeasureCPU1]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\PerfMon.dll
PerfMonObject="Processor"
PerfMonInstance=0
PerfMonCounter="% Processor Time"
PerfMonDifference=1
InvertMeasure=1

[MeasureCPU2]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\PerfMon.dll
PerfMonObject="Processor"
PerfMonInstance=1
PerfMonCounter="% Processor Time"
PerfMonDifference=1
InvertMeasure=1

[heath28m]

Okay so this would give the same read as the Load Percentage .. I feel stupid for asking now..LOL.. I know how to access these but there are about five different types of 'time' entries, each one doing something different and referencing different areas of the system processor usage.. Reading descriptions from another reference I started to wonder if it would render the same results...

[maminscris]

Perfmon plugin takes data from performance monitor in control panel\Administrative Tools\performance

[agent154]

Using the measures provided, I get odd behavior in my skin. The % Processor Time is not showing the same (or at least similar) to what I'm seeing in my performance monitor, and on top of that, my values fluctuate between positive and negative. Is this normal for this performance counter?

On top of this, the numbers aren't even the same as the built in Measure=CPU.

[dragonmage]

Can you post the measure you are using here between

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