I know that windows has built into the Task Manager the ability to view Network Utilization charts. However, I'm not really even looking for something this complex.

Down at the bottom of the Networking Graphs, there is just text that says the Adapter Name, Network Utilization, Link Speed, and State.

These are just numbers that I assume are being drawn directly from the kernel. I've searched for modules in these forums as well as elsewhere that might be able to use this information but as of yet have been unable to find any such module/help.

Am I missing something really obvious or built-in or is this something that hasn't been developed?

Label can do it I believe...so could rainmeter...

I used a combination of both label and netmeter which turned out to be optimal. I still can't get a percentage of net usage, but perhaps I'll have to write a function to divide NetIn by NetTotal, and viceversa for NetOut. In any case, I'm now able to make sure my computer is safe from any snoopers who may be trying to sneak onto my computer and use my bandwidth. For further reference, this code (in rainmeter.ini) will display network usage In/Out in bits:



Thanks guys, you've been extraordinarily helpful in aiding litestep modification/customization!

DeViLbOi: I guess label can't display net informations. But, if you're sure it can, let me know; I'm very interested

Yeah, let me know too if so, I prefer label's way of putting up text on the desktop over rainmeter's way

Label doesn't do network stats; I wasn't able to find a way to do it correctly under all versions of Windows.