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Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 17:23:17 +0000
From: Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk>
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On 27/10/2014 17:16, kiuhnm03@yahoo.it wrote:
> Hi! I'd like to write one or more scripts that analyze processes in
> memory on Windows 7. I used to do these things in C++ by using native
> Win32 API calls. How should I proceed in python? Any pointers?
> 

psutil is definitely your friend:

  https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil

Although WMI can be quite handy too, depending on what you're trying to do:

  http://timgolden.me.uk/python/wmi/

TJG