Dirmon2 and Standby

[jgarrett]

Just re-built a new system and am using 0.6.1 and have noted that my computer never goes into standby when Dirmon2 is installed. I have upped the polling with no effect. Anyone else seeing this? Any suggestions?

[Jere_Jones]

I'm not sure. It is an interesting problem. I'll look into it.

Jere

[jgarrett]

Just wanted to note that I updated to 0.6.2 and now goes into standby when idle. Everything is working properly now. Thanks

[Jere_Jones]

Great! I'm glad to hear it!

Jere

[Pinan]

I have a similar (kind of) reoccurring problem. Coming out of Standby is not a problem, but when I reboot, DirMon is always OFF, and I must restart it manually. I did set it to be on when rebooting, yes.

Using DirMon 6.0 at the moment.

[Jere_Jones]

Have you checked the settings in the services manager? (Right click on My Computer, then Manage, then Services)

Jere

[Pinan]

Hi Jere

I had not checked there, but just did. It was set to Manual. I changed it to Automatic. Hope that helps, though I'd think that Manual would be sufficient.....no?

Thanks.

[Jere_Jones]

Originally Posted by Pinan

I had not checked there, but just did. It was set to Manual. I changed it to Automatic. Hope that helps, though I'd think that Manual would be sufficient.....no?

There are three options:

• Disabled - the service cannot be started by anyone
• Manual - an external program can start the service
• Automatic - Windows will start the service on startup

To get the behavior you want, automatic is the right choice.

Jere

[Pinan]

Thanks for that Jere.

Question: Why does DirMon not default to "Automatic" in Services? That would be good, if you could do that.

[Jere_Jones]

There is an option to "Start Automatically at bootup". Clicking that option and then uninstalling/installing the service should set it to Automatic.

Jere