import win32pdh query = win32pdh.OpenQuery(None,0) win32pdh.AddCounter(query.'Process ID',0) win32pdh.CollectQueryData(query) win32pdh.CloseQuery(query) list = win32pdh.EnumObjects(None, None, 0, 1) print list items, names = win32pdh.EnumObjectItems(None, None, 'Process', -1) print items print names