use the pywin32 module.
import win32pdh, string, win32api
def procids():
#each instance is a process, you can have multiple processes w/same name
junk, instances = win32pdh.EnumObjectItems(None,None,'process', win32pdh.PERF_DETAIL_WIZARD)
proc_ids=[]
proc_dict={}
for instance in instances:
if instance in proc_dict:
proc_dict[instance] = proc_dict[instance] + 1
else:
proc_dict[instance]=0
for instance, max_instances in proc_dict.items():
for inum in xrange(max_instances+1):
hq = win32pdh.OpenQuery() # initializes the query handle
path = win32pdh.MakeCounterPath( (None,'process',instance, None, inum,'ID Process') )
counter_handle=win32pdh.AddCounter(hq, path)
win32pdh.CollectQueryData(hq) #collects data for the counter
type, val = win32pdh.GetFormattedCounterValue(counter_handle, win32pdh.PDH_FMT_LONG)
proc_ids.append((instance,str(val)))
win32pdh.CloseQuery(hq)
proc_ids.sort()
return proc_ids
print procids()