Get memory usage of computer in Windows with Python

Question

How can I tell what the computer's overall memory usage is from Python, running on Windows XP?

Answer 1

You'll want to use the wmi module. Something like this:

import wmi
comp = wmi.WMI()

for i in comp.Win32_ComputerSystem():
   print i.TotalPhysicalMemory, "bytes of physical memory"

for os in comp.Win32_OperatingSystem():
   print os.FreePhysicalMemory, "bytes of available memory"