Log Processes from Task Manager

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Powerguy

Hi,

I am trying to write a program that is able to track an log the usage
of a particular process (such as Excel.EXE) from within the task
manager. The basic information that I need is:

1. Who Started the Process
2. What time they finished using the process.

To get started I am looking for any code/ideas of how to extract the
process information from the task manager.

Any help would greatly be appreciated!

PowaGuy
NEW TO VB.net!
 
Powerguy said:
To get started I am looking for any code/ideas of how to extract the
process information from the task manager.
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You would use the System.Management namespace to extract the information
from WMI.

There's an MSDN magazine article on this here

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/05/WMIMan/

The System.Management namespace is documented here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemmanagement.asp

The WMI class you would need is Win32_Process, which is documented here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/wmisdk/wmi/win32_process.asp

/Jens
 
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