$pi = Win32::Process::Info->new ([machine], [variant], [hash])
This method instantiates a process information object, connected to the given machine, and using the given variant.

The following variants are currently supported:

NT - Uses the NT-native mechanism. Good on any NT, including Windows 2000. This variant does not support connecting to another machine, so the 'machine' argument must be an empty string (or undef, if you prefer).

PT - Uses Dan Urist's Proc::ProcessTable, making it possible (paradoxically) to use this module on other operating systems than Windows. Only those Proc::ProcessTable::Process fields which seem to correspond to WMI items are returned. Caveat: the PT variant is to be considered experimental, and may be changed or retracted in future releases.

WMI - Uses the Windows Management Implementation. Good on Win2K, ME, and possibly others, depending on their vintage and whether WMI has been retrofitted.

The initial default variant comes from environment variable PERL_WIN32_PROCESS_INFO_VARIANT. If this is not found, it will be 'WMI,NT,PT', which means to try WMI first, NT if WMI fails, and PT as a last resort. This can be changed using Win32::Process::Info->Set (variant => whatever).