defrag runs automatically

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Dave Powell

Once or twice a week an error message appears on WinXP Pro
saying defrag.exe started to run and experienced a
problem. defrag.exe seems to start automatically and it
is NOT scheduled or no one launches it. Can anyone help?
 
-----Original Message-----
Once or twice a week an error message appears on WinXP Pro
saying defrag.exe started to run and experienced a
problem. defrag.exe seems to start automatically and it
is NOT scheduled or no one launches it. Can anyone help?
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Go to start/allprograms/accessories/system
Click to expand...
tools/scheduled tasks, see if the auto defrag is listed
in there. If so delete it and it shouldn't run anymore.
Hope this helps you.
 
Yes, manually it runs ok, just tells me at the end that
some files could not be moved. Fragmentation % went down
from7% to 0%.
 
No Diskkeeper. This is a month-old machine with very
little on it, except XP, Norton AntiVirus, and a $1,500
package whose tech support says they don't do any
defragging (and their documenation doesn't refer to any).
 
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