use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; use Win32::OLE; my $refresher = Win32::OLE->CreateObject("WbemScripting.SWbemRefresher") or die "Failed to Create refresher object ". Win32::OLE->LastError() ."\n"; my $wmi = Win32::OLE->GetObject("winmgmts://./root/cimv2") or die "Failed to get object ". Win32::OLE->LastError() ."\n"; # not sure we need this but I tried $wmi->Security_->Privileges->AddAsString( 'SeDebugPrivilege', 1 ); my $refreshable = $refresher->AddEnum($wmi,"Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfProc_Process") or die "Could not get refreshable item ". Win32::OLE->LastError() ."\n"; $refresher->Refresh(); #### C:\Documents and Settings\1161732\Perltest>scratch.pl Could not get refreshable item OLE exception from "SWbemRefresher": Access denied Win32::OLE(0.1709) error 0x80041003 in METHOD/PROPERTYGET "AddEnum" C:\Documents and Settings\1161732\Perltest>