Hi If you just want to reduce the priority why not run the services processing in a thread created with a low priority, then you don't have to worry about Windows security etc. However I don't know if this would achieve what Vikas wants.
Rob Phil Scadden wrote: >> I am creating a window service using delphi 5. I need some help is getting >> the CPU memory usage of the machine so that my service runs when CPU usage >> is low. Is there any way to find out the CPU usage. Is there soem registry >> key or soemthing. I am not sure actually. >> >> >> > Strikes me that the best way to do this is to reduce the priority of > service process instead. A process with appropriate privilege can get > the id of process and then reduce the priority. I dont know if a process > can do this to itself (I have my doubts) but perhaps your service runs > within a context where another process can do this? As far as I know you > cannot change priority through the SCM functions. > _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe
