Frequenlty Asked Questions

1. What is AutoStandByPro?

   AutoStandByPro is a lightweight, intuitive and user friendly rule based application that can help reduce your electricity bills and save the environment by putting your computer to a low power state when it is not needed.

   With AutoStandByPro you can automate the process of Shutdown, Restart, Sleep, Hibernate or Lock a Computer, Log Off the Current User or All Users, Prevent Sleep/Hibernation, Prevent Display Sleep or execute a user Custom Action.

2. How it works?

   AutoStandByPro will execute Actions based on user defined Rules. Each action of a rule like Shutdown, Restart, Sleep etc is executed based on the outcome of its associated Trigger (condition). Example of different conditions are User Activity, Computer Display, User/System Process etc.

   A user can combine two or more rules to get the preferred result. AutoStandByPro will process all enabled rules and combine them according to the following two conditions:

   1. If a rule that has an associated action “Prevent Sleep/Hibernation” is activated then NO other action will be executed.
   2. If there is no active rule that has an associated action “Prevent Sleep/Hibernation” present, then AutoStandByPro will check the remaining rule(s). For each among the active remaining rule(s) AutoStandByPro will select the one that has the least Remaining Time and execute its associated action when that time reaches zero.

    
3. What are the system requirements for AutoStandByPro?

   AutoStandByPro will run on any 100% compatible PC running Windows Vista/7/8/8.1 (both 32 and 64 Bits).

   AutoStandByPro requires .NET framework version 4.0 or later to run correctly. If .NET framework version 4.0 or later is not present during installation, the installer will prompt you to install before installing AutoStandByPro.

   In order to use any of the supported Actions your computer must support those particular actions. In order to use the Wake Up capabilities of AutoStandByPro your computer must support and have wake timers enabled.

4. What triggers (conditions) does AutoStandByPro supports?
    

   AutoStandByPro version 2.0 or later supports the following conditions:

    

   • User Activity
     Occurs when there is no user activity for a given period of time.
   • Mouse and Keyboard Activity
     Occurs when there is no mouse and keyboard activity for a given period of time.
   • Mouse Movement
     Occurs when there is no mouse activity for a given period of time.
   • Keyboard Pressed
     Occurs when there is no keyboard activity for a given period of time.
   • User Process
     Occurs when a given process is either running or stopped under the current account.
   • Computer Activity
     Occurs when the selected activity is below the given threshold for a given period of time. Computer activity can be either CPU, Disk, Network, Download or Upload.
   • Computer Display
     Occurs when the display is either "On" or "Off" for a given period of time.
   • System Process
     Occurs when a given process is either running or stopped.
   • Windows Service
     Occurs when a given service is either started or stopped.
   • Network Connections
     Occurs when there is an active connection (either local or from a remote machine) on a given "IP" or "Hostname" and given "Port".
   • Reachable Machines
     Occurs when a given device is reachable or not throug the network.
   • By Date
     Occurs on a given Date/Time.
   • After Specific Time
     Occurs after a specific time has passed.
   • HTTP (Get)
     Occurs when the result from the given HTTP (Get) request is matched or is different with a given expected result.
   • HTTP (Post)
     Occurs when the result from the given HTTP (Post) request is matched or is different with a given expected result.
   • Power Requests
     Occurs when at least an application has a Power Request. A power request can be either Display Request, System Request or Away Mode.

    
5. What actions does AutoStandByPro supports?
    

   AutoStandByPro version 2.0 or later supports the following actions:

    

   • Sleep
     Computer can be put to Sleep (StandBy) mode.
   • Hibernate
     Computer can be put to Hibernation.
   • Log Off (All Users)
     Log out All users that are logged in.
   • Log Off (Current User)
     Log out the user that runs AutoStandByPro.
   • Lock Computer
     Lock the computer session of the user that runs AutoStandByPro.
   • Restart
     Computer can be restarted.
   • Shutdown
     Computer can be shutdown.
   • Prevent Display Sleep
     Display is prevented for entering a lower power state.
   • Prevent Sleep/Hibernation
     Computer is prevented for entering Sleep/Hibernation.
   • Custom Command
     A user’s specific custom command can can executed along with any supplied parameters.
    
6. How much does it cost?

   AutoStandByPro can be downloaded and used from free for a 21-day trial period. After that time a full registration lifetime license costs €24.99 (price includes two license keys for use on two different computers) including updates for bug fixes. Existing users of AutoStandByPro version 1.xx can upgrade for free!

7. What other features does AutoStandByPro provides?

   AutoStandByPro supports waking up your computer from a Sleep State based on different date/time user defined schedules. It also supports detecting and configuring the supported Sleep States of a computer.

   Also AutoStandByPro includes a Simple Profile Wizard which can assist in creating your first set of rules in a few single steps.

8. How to get more help?

   In order to get more help or ask a question please use the Contact Form to contact us. In order to suggest a new/missing feature please sent a New Feature Request.