[python-win32] NTService detecting if the Windows System is Idle

2005-06-10 Thread Animesh Bansriyar
Hi All, I don't have much knowledge about Windows Services but I have read about the Python Modules and seen the demo that comes with the py2exe package. I need to write an NTService which runs a process (an Executable) when the System (WinXP, Win2003) is Idle. Is it possible to do this from

Re: [python-win32] NTService detecting if the Windows System is Idle

2005-06-10 Thread Hughes, Chad O
Are you saying that you want to launch a program that waits until the CPU's idle time is at a given threshold and once the threshold is met the program does something until the threshold is no longer met after wich your app waits for the threshold again? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: [python-win32] COM access to Mozilla Firefox

2005-06-10 Thread Hughes, Chad O
Title: Message In this example, I am using WScrip, so the available methods should be found by looking up WScript: from win32com.client import Dispatchfrom time import sleeps=Dispatch('WScript.Shell')s.Run('Explorer http://www.msn.com') or: from win32com.client import Dispatchfrom time

Re: [python-win32] NTService detecting if the Windows System is Idle

2005-06-10 Thread Hughes, Chad O
I think this example is what you want to do. It is not a service, but you can turn it into one. import win32pdh from time import sleep import threading pdhQuery = win32pdh.OpenQuery(None, 0) class PDH_COUNTER_PATH_ELEMENTS(list): def __init__(self, l = None): if not l: l =