CoInitialize(NULL);

//Security needs to be initialized in XP first 

if(CoInitializeSecurity( NULL,
-1,
NULL,
NULL,
RPC_C_AUTHN_LEVEL_PKT,
RPC_C_IMP_LEVEL_IMPERSONATE,
NULL,
EOAC_NONE,
0
) != S_OK)
    return;

IWbemLocator * pIWbemLocator = NULL;
IWbemServices * pWbemServices = NULL;
IEnumWbemClassObject * pEnumObject = NULL;
BSTR bstrNamespace = (L"root\\cimv2");
HRESULT hRes = CoCreateInstance (
  CLSID_WbemAdministrativeLocator,
  NULL ,
  CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER | CLSCTX_LOCAL_SERVER , 
  IID_IUnknown ,
  ( void ** ) & pIWbemLocator
  ) ;
if (SUCCEEDED(hRes))
{
  hRes = pIWbemLocator->ConnectServer(
  bstrNamespace, // Namespace
  NULL, // Userid
  NULL, // PW
  NULL, // Locale
  0, // flags
  NULL, // Authority
  NULL, // Context
  &pWbemServices
  );
}
BSTR strQuery = (L"Select * from win32_Processor");
BSTR strQL = (L"WQL");
hRes = pWbemServices->ExecQuery(strQL, strQuery,
  WBEM_FLAG_RETURN_IMMEDIATELY,NULL,&pEnumObject);

ULONG uCount = 1, uReturned;
IWbemClassObject * pClassObject = NULL;
hRes = pEnumObject->Reset();
hRes = pEnumObject->Next(WBEM_INFINITE,uCount, &pClassObject, &uReturned);
VARIANT v;
BSTR strClassProp = SysAllocString(L"LoadPercentage");
hRes = pClassObject->Get(strClassProp, 0, &v, 0, 0);
SysFreeString(strClassProp);

_bstr_t bstrPath = &v; //Just to convert BSTR to ANSI
char* strPath=(char*)bstrPath;
if (SUCCEEDED(hRes))
MessageBox(strPath);
else
MessageBox(”Error in getting object”);
VariantClear( &v );
pIWbemLocator->Release();
pWbemServices->Release();
pEnumObject->Release();
pClassObject->Release();
CoUninitialize();