Hello oxide,
how about
http://www.redbog.com/products/wkrellm.html ?
Read this:
"Ever wonder how hard your computer is working? Ever wonder how much network traffic is being sent/received from your computer? Ever wonder how much data is being read/written to your hard drive? Want to know how much memory, drive space, or email messages you have at a glance? Want to know the date and time at a glance? WKrellM can capture all this information and much more in one convenient place.
WKrellM is a Windows system monitor that works like GKrellM and uses GKrellM themes. WKrellM is native to Windows, so there's nothing more to download if you are running Windows XP. If you are running Windows 2000, you'll need to download the Microsoft GDI+ library available on Microsoft.com or from here."
Think thatīs what you are looking for!
Greetz, Pete