public DataSet getProcesses() 
{ 
/* 
Feel free to use and redistribute this method 
in condition that you keep this message intact. 
*/ 

                  Process[] procs; 
                  TimeSpan cputime; 

                  procs = Process.GetProcesses(); 

                  DataSet myDataSet = new DataSet("myDataSet"); 

                  DataTable tProc = new DataTable("nc"); 

                  // name, pid, time, mem, peakmem, handles, threads; 

                  DataColumn pName = new DataColumn("name", typeof(string)); 
                  DataColumn pPid = new DataColumn("pid", typeof(string)); 
                  DataColumn pTime = new DataColumn("time", typeof(string)); 
                  DataColumn pMem = new DataColumn("mem", typeof(string)); 
                  DataColumn pPeakmem = new DataColumn("peakmem", typeof(string)); 
                  DataColumn pHandles = new DataColumn("handles", typeof(string)); 
                  DataColumn pThreads = new DataColumn("threads", typeof(string)); 



                  tProc.Columns.Add(pName); 
                  tProc.Columns.Add(pPid); 
                  tProc.Columns.Add(pTime); 
                  tProc.Columns.Add(pMem); 
                  tProc.Columns.Add(pPeakmem); 
                  tProc.Columns.Add(pHandles); 
                  tProc.Columns.Add(pThreads); 


                  myDataSet.Tables.Add(tProc); 


                  string name, pid, time, mem, peakmem, handles, threads; 

                  DataRow newRow2; 

                  foreach(Process proc in procs) 
                  { 


                        proc.Refresh(); 

                        cputime = proc.TotalProcessorTime; 

                        name = proc.ProcessName; 

                        pid = proc.Id.ToString(); 

                        time = String.Format( 
                              "{0}:{1}:{2}", 
                              ((cputime.TotalHours-1<0?0:cputime.TotalHours-1)).ToString("##0"), 
                              cputime.Minutes.ToString("00"), 
                              cputime.Seconds.ToString("00") 
                              ); 


                        mem = (proc.WorkingSet/1024).ToString()+"k"; 

                        peakmem = (proc.PeakWorkingSet/1024).ToString()+"k"; 

                        handles = proc.HandleCount.ToString(); 

                        threads = proc.Threads.Count.ToString(); 

                        newRow2 = tProc.NewRow(); 

                        newRow2["name"]= name; 
                        newRow2["pid"]= pid; 
                        newRow2["time"]= time; 
                        newRow2["mem"]= mem; 
                        newRow2["peakmem"]= peakmem; 
                        newRow2["handles"]= handles; 
                        newRow2["threads"]= threads; 

                        tProc.Rows.Add(newRow2); 
                        proc.Close(); 
                  } 

                  procs = null; 

                  return myDataSet; 
}