Scheduled Maintenance Tasks?

[Guest]

Hi, I would like to learn how to schedule maintenance tasks such as Disk
Cleanup and Disk Defrag. I found an article about it here at this website:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/crawford_october08.mspx

However, those methods do not seem to work completely for me. First off,
when I try to schedule the Disk Cleanup task, it works fine up until the
point where I have to select what to clean and then press OK. This obviously
will not work unless I am there to click.

Also, in the disk defrag one, it does work by opening a DOS version of
defrag when scheduled, however it closed automatically by itself after about
10 minutes, and I did not see any progress in the status %... I know how long
this takes so 10 minutes obviously isnt right.

Has anyone else tried to do this as a scheduled task? I would like to
schedule a defrag semi-weekly during the middle of the night so I do not have
to watch it work for hours when I need to use my computer. Is what is
written on this site correct and I am just doing something wrong? Thanks
for your help

 

[Ayush]

Automate Disk Defrag :
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=555098

If that does not work, two alternate methods:
Kelly :
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm CLick D > Scroll down to Defrag

Doug-Knox:
http://www.dougknox.com/utility/scripts_desc/defrag_all.htm



Disk Cleanup:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315246

The options you need are the "sageset" and "sagerun" but i cant understand them so i
just never tried it.


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: Hi, I would like to learn how to schedule maintenance tasks such as Disk
: Cleanup and Disk Defrag. I found an article about it here at this website:
:
: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/crawford_october08.mspx
:
: However, those methods do not seem to work completely for me. First off,
: when I try to schedule the Disk Cleanup task, it works fine up until the
: point where I have to select what to clean and then press OK. This obviously
: will not work unless I am there to click.
:
: Also, in the disk defrag one, it does work by opening a DOS version of
: defrag when scheduled, however it closed automatically by itself after about
: 10 minutes, and I did not see any progress in the status %... I know how long
: this takes so 10 minutes obviously isnt right.
:
: Has anyone else tried to do this as a scheduled task? I would like to
: schedule a defrag semi-weekly during the middle of the night so I do not have
: to watch it work for hours when I need to use my computer. Is what is
: written on this site correct and I am just doing something wrong? Thanks
: for your help

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

How to Automate the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315246

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Does anyone know sageset and sagerun? I tried to read article # 253597 but
really didn't get much out of it.

I think I want to do the same thing as this user which is completely
automate the Disk Cleanup task.

Thanks.

Automate Disk Defrag :
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=555098

If that does not work, two alternate methods:
Kelly :
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm CLick D > Scroll down to Defrag

Doug-Knox:
http://www.dougknox.com/utility/scripts_desc/defrag_all.htm



Disk Cleanup:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315246

The options you need are the "sageset" and "sagerun" but i cant understand them so i
just never tried it.


--

Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

For any query, search > www.Google.com
Want to know about a term > http://en.wikipedia.org

Replied To :
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: Hi, I would like to learn how to schedule maintenance tasks such as Disk
: Cleanup and Disk Defrag. I found an article about it here at this website:
:
: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/crawford_october08.mspx
:
: However, those methods do not seem to work completely for me. First off,
: when I try to schedule the Disk Cleanup task, it works fine up until the
: point where I have to select what to clean and then press OK. This obviously
: will not work unless I am there to click.
:
: Also, in the disk defrag one, it does work by opening a DOS version of
: defrag when scheduled, however it closed automatically by itself after about
: 10 minutes, and I did not see any progress in the status %... I know how long
: this takes so 10 minutes obviously isnt right.
:
: Has anyone else tried to do this as a scheduled task? I would like to
: schedule a defrag semi-weekly during the middle of the night so I do not have
: to watch it work for hours when I need to use my computer. Is what is
: written on this site correct and I am just doing something wrong? Thanks
: for your help