Getting the current system

[Marco Martin]

Hi,

I developed an application on my workstation which is a P4 2.4G. Now that
my application is almost finished, I find out that this app will be used on
the road by technicians using laptops(gota love inter-office communication).
This causes a *major* problem because my app is very UI intensive (its got
many graphs displayed in real-time) and tests on our own laptops show that
they just cant cut it. (I'm not saying anything againts laptops, beeing a
big fan myself, its just that their graphics adapters aren't as powerfull).

Anyway, I'm going to include two configurations of my program. A full
version for powerfull pcs, and another smaller, less intensive version for
older pcs/laptops.

My question is, is it possible for my app to know if its running on a
laptop, or a PentiumII? Is there a way for me to know what CPU is running
and at what speeds?

Thanks and best regards,

Marco

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Marco,

You can definitely get this. You can get almost any system information
you want using the classes in the System.Management namespace. Basically,
you can query for WMI classes (which are not .NET classes) which have the
values that you want. You can get information about the processor, the
graphics card, etc, etc.

You probably want to look for instances of the Win32_Processor class and
the Win32_VideoController class.

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"Marco Martin" <ma**********@sympatico.ca.antispam> wrote in message
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Hi,

I developed an application on my workstation which is a P4 2.4G. Now that
my application is almost finished, I find out that this app will be used on the road by technicians using laptops(gota love inter-office communication). This causes a *major* problem because my app is very UI intensive (its got
many graphs displayed in real-time) and tests on our own laptops show that
they just cant cut it. (I'm not saying anything againts laptops, beeing a
big fan myself, its just that their graphics adapters aren't as powerfull).
Anyway, I'm going to include two configurations of my program. A full
version for powerfull pcs, and another smaller, less intensive version for
older pcs/laptops.

My question is, is it possible for my app to know if its running on a
laptop, or a PentiumII? Is there a way for me to know what CPU is running
and at what speeds?

Thanks and best regards,

Marco

[Marco Martin]

Thanks Nicholas,

Thats exacly what I needed. Now I just have to figure out how I'm going to
use this information.

I'm trying to do something like;

if(bolCrappyCPU || bolCrappyVideoCard)
{
//do something
}
else
{
//do something else
}

regards,

Marco
"Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]" <mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com> wrote in
message news:OJ**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Marco,

You can definitely get this. You can get almost any system information you want using the classes in the System.Management namespace. Basically,
you can query for WMI classes (which are not .NET classes) which have the
values that you want. You can get information about the processor, the
graphics card, etc, etc.

You probably want to look for instances of the Win32_Processor class and the Win32_VideoController class.

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"Marco Martin" <ma**********@sympatico.ca.antispam> wrote in message
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Hi,

I developed an application on my workstation which is a P4 2.4G. Now that my application is almost finished, I find out that this app will be used

on

the road by technicians using laptops(gota love inter-office

communication).

This causes a *major* problem because my app is very UI intensive (its got many graphs displayed in real-time) and tests on our own laptops show that they just cant cut it. (I'm not saying anything againts laptops, beeing a big fan myself, its just that their graphics adapters aren't as

powerfull).

Anyway, I'm going to include two configurations of my program. A full
version for powerfull pcs, and another smaller, less intensive version for older pcs/laptops.

My question is, is it possible for my app to know if its running on a
laptop, or a PentiumII? Is there a way for me to know what CPU is running and at what speeds?

Thanks and best regards,

Marco

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Marco,

Since you said the graphs are the culprit, perhaps you can disable them,
or perhaps limit the number of data points on the graphs? I would think
that the graphs slow down when you have too much data on them.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"Marco Martin" <ma**********@sympatico.ca.antispam> wrote in message
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Thanks Nicholas,

Thats exacly what I needed. Now I just have to figure out how I'm going to use this information.

I'm trying to do something like;

if(bolCrappyCPU || bolCrappyVideoCard)
{
//do something
}
else
{
//do something else
}

regards,

Marco
"Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]" <mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com> wrote in message news:OJ**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Marco,

You can definitely get this. You can get almost any system information

you want using the classes in the System.Management namespace. Basically,

you can query for WMI classes (which are not .NET classes) which have the values that you want. You can get information about the processor, the
graphics card, etc, etc.

You probably want to look for instances of the Win32_Processor class

and

the Win32_VideoController class.

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"Marco Martin" <ma**********@sympatico.ca.antispam> wrote in message
news:%x********************@news20.bellglobal.com. ..

Hi,

I developed an application on my workstation which is a P4 2.4G. Now that my application is almost finished, I find out that this app will be

used on

the road by technicians using laptops(gota love inter-office

communication).

This causes a *major* problem because my app is very UI intensive (its

got many graphs displayed in real-time) and tests on our own laptops show that they just cant cut it. (I'm not saying anything againts laptops,

beeing a big fan myself, its just that their graphics adapters aren't as

powerfull).

Anyway, I'm going to include two configurations of my program. A full
version for powerfull pcs, and another smaller, less intensive version for older pcs/laptops.

My question is, is it possible for my app to know if its running on a
laptop, or a PentiumII? Is there a way for me to know what CPU is running and at what speeds?

Thanks and best regards,

Marco

[Marco Martin]

Definately. I'm wanting to turn them off, or maybe leave the option to see
one at a time. problem is, i have to find a way to take this information
and compare it to something. I'm just not sure what yet.

regards,

Marco
"Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]" <mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com> wrote in
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Marco,

Since you said the graphs are the culprit, perhaps you can disable them, or perhaps limit the number of data points on the graphs? I would think
that the graphs slow down when you have too much data on them.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"Marco Martin" <ma**********@sympatico.ca.antispam> wrote in message
news:Xy*********************@news20.bellglobal.com ...

Thanks Nicholas,

Thats exacly what I needed. Now I just have to figure out how I'm going

to

use this information.

I'm trying to do something like;

if(bolCrappyCPU || bolCrappyVideoCard)
{
//do something
}
else
{
//do something else
}

regards,

Marco
"Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]" <mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com> wrote

in

message news:OJ**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Marco,

You can definitely get this. You can get almost any system

information

you want using the classes in the System.Management namespace. Basically, you can query for WMI classes (which are not .NET classes) which have the values that you want. You can get information about the processor, the graphics card, etc, etc.

You probably want to look for instances of the Win32_Processor class

and

the Win32_VideoController class.

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"Marco Martin" <ma**********@sympatico.ca.antispam> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I developed an application on my workstation which is a P4 2.4G.

Now

that

> my application is almost finished, I find out that this app will be used on
> the road by technicians using laptops(gota love inter-office
communication).
> This causes a *major* problem because my app is very UI intensive

(its got

> many graphs displayed in real-time) and tests on our own laptops

show that

> they just cant cut it. (I'm not saying anything againts laptops, beeing

a

> big fan myself, its just that their graphics adapters aren't as
powerfull).
>
> Anyway, I'm going to include two configurations of my program. A

full > version for powerfull pcs, and another smaller, less intensive version for

> older pcs/laptops.
>
> My question is, is it possible for my app to know if its running on

a > laptop, or a PentiumII? Is there a way for me to know what CPU is

running

> and at what speeds?
>
> Thanks and best regards,
>
> Marco
>
>