--- a/src/config/torrc.sample.in
+++ b/src/config/torrc.sample.in
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 ## may provide sensitive information to an attacker who obtains the logs.
 ##
 ## Send all messages of level 'notice' or higher to @LOCALSTATEDIR@/log/tor/notices.log
-#Log notice file @LOCALSTATEDIR@/log/tor/notices.log
+Log notice file @LOCALSTATEDIR@/log/tor/notices.log
 ## Send every possible message to @LOCALSTATEDIR@/log/tor/debug.log
 #Log debug file @LOCALSTATEDIR@/log/tor/debug.log
 ## Use the system log instead of Tor's logfiles
@@ -43,14 +43,9 @@
 ## To send all messages to stderr:
 #Log debug stderr
 
-## Uncomment this to start the process in the background... or use
-## --runasdaemon 1 on the command line. This is ignored on Windows;
-## see the FAQ entry if you want Tor to run as an NT service.
-#RunAsDaemon 1
-
 ## The directory for keeping all the keys/etc. By default, we store
 ## things in $HOME/.tor on Unix, and in Application Data\tor on Windows.
-#DataDirectory @LOCALSTATEDIR@/lib/tor
+DataDirectory @LOCALSTATEDIR@/lib/tor
 
 ## The port on which Tor will listen for local connections from Tor
 ## controller applications, as documented in control-spec.txt.