Andrey Ivanov wrote: > [Peter Hanson] >>For the life of me, however, I can't figure out how to do it. > > Here's how. :-) > > ================================================================= > import win32pdh > > query = win32pdh.OpenQuery() > counter = win32pdh.AddCounter(query, r"\System\System Up Time") Argh! A _leading backslash_ !! :-( (Thanks. :-) -Peter