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BUG: Excessive disk IO

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jsmorley
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Re: BUG: Excessive disk IO

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[Rainmeter]
Update=100
DynamicWindowSize=1
AccurateText=1

[Metadata]
Name=Drive Lights
Author=JSMorley
Information=Drive read (green) and write (red) activity lights | Physical disk reads and writes on all drives.
Version=May 10, 2017
License=Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 3.0

[MeasureDiskReads]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=PerfMon
PerfMonObject=PhysicalDisk
PerfMonCounter=Disk Reads/sec
PerfMonInstance=_Total
PerfMonDifference=1
IfAboveValue=0
IfAboveAction=[!SetOption MeterDiskReads ImageName "GreenLight.png"][!UpdateMeter *][!Redraw]
IfBelowValue=1
IfBelowAction=[!SetOption MeterDiskReads ImageName "OffLight.png"][!UpdateMeter *][!Redraw]

[MeasureDiskWrites]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=PerfMon
PerfMonObject=PhysicalDisk
PerfMonCounter=Disk Writes/sec
PerfMonInstance=_Total
PerfMonDifference=1
IfAboveValue=0
IfAboveAction=[!SetOption MeterDiskWrites ImageName "RedLight.png"][!UpdateMeter *][!Redraw]
IfBelowValue=1
IfBelowAction=[!SetOption MeterDiskWrites ImageName "OffLight.png"][!UpdateMeter *][!Redraw]

[MeterLabel]
Meter=String
X=0
Y=3
FontSize=11
FontFace=Fira Sans
FontColor=255,255,255,170
SolidColor=0,0,0,1
StringStyle=Normal
AntiAlias=1
Text=Disk Activity
UpdateDivider=-1

[MeterDiskReads]
Meter=Image
X=5R
Y=4
W=16
H=16
ImagePath=#@#Images\
ImageName=OffLight.png
AntiAlias=1
UpdateDivider=-1

[MeterDiskWrites]
Meter=Image
X=3R
Y=0r
W=16
H=16
ImagePath=#@#Images\
ImageName=OffLight.png
AntiAlias=1
UpdateDivider=-1
DriveLights_1.0.rmskin
gif1.gif
I think you will find that once Rainmeter is loaded and running, no matter what kind of skins you are running, or how many, it will pretty much NEVER do any physical reads of the hard drive.
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