Automatic Computer clean up

[Guest]

Hello,

I leave my computer on overnight for convenience and run a virus scan at 4
in the morning. I was wondering if there was a way of getting the computer to
defrag my hard drive and do a diskclean up as well during the night. Is there
anyway to configure XP to do this or any free utilities that will allow me to
do this?

Thanks,

Luke

 

[DL]

See Scheduler in help.
Though I'm dont think you could run cleanup as it requires user imput, and
its not something I would want to automate any way.

 

[Guest]

Hi, I use ScanDefrag which does defrag, disk cleanup and chkdisk. It can be
run at any time using Scheduled Tasks.

You can find out about it at

http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/Readme.html

Hope this helps.

 

[.:Alias:.]

Hi, I use ScanDefrag which does defrag, disk cleanup and chkdisk. It can be
run at any time using Scheduled Tasks.

You can find out about it at

http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/Readme.html

Hope this helps.

Does it disable your anti virus auto scan before doing the tasks?

Alias

 

[Guest]

Hi, it reboots as part of the process and does the tasks first before loading
your desktop. You can/or are required to enter your account password and you
can specify whether to leave your computer running or switch off on
completion.

 

[Guest]

Cheers people! I will try this tonight. Thanks for ya help colin

 

[Wesley Vogel]

How to Automate Disk Defragmenter Using Task Scheduler Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555098

There are two defrag tools in XP.

dfrg.msc is the pretty one that opens from
Start\All Programs\Accessories\System Tools.

defrag.exe is the command line tool that runs from the command prompt.

defrag.exe is the one that you can schedule.

Description of the New Command Line Defrag.exe Included with Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;283080

How To Schedule Tasks in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308569

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

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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