Vista Defrag shuts down

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Um, that's how it runs on XP if you have it in your task schedules. Vista
does it differently but can also run on a task schedule.
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Yes you could create a scheduled task in XP if you wanted. In Vista, the
defrag scheduled is implemented using a scheduled task. The defrag UI
modifies the scheduled task.

If you have disabled scheduled defrag, and you are still seeing it run in
the background without your intervention, then you will be actually be
seeing our boot optimization running. Every few days defrag.exe is kicked
off to optimize the files on your disk so that the OS boots quickly. This
is not defragmenting your drive, but rather optimizing system files to
increase system performance.

This will still occur even if you install a 3rd party defragmenter.
 
Rock said:
That doesn't mean it runs when it's not scheduled to run. If you schedule
it to run at a certain time it runs and completes. It won't then run on
its own.
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To add to my post I have tested this. In the Disk Defragmenter dialog box
with "Run on a schedule" unchecked, then it does not run.
 
That should read, "why buy", wow, I didn't proof read that before sending
it...lol.
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OK, I take some of that back. Some of it runs in the background. The
rest is done via a scheduled boot-time defrag (gets all the stuff
Windows defrag - or any defragger - won't touch while Windows is
running).

I guess I fell for the propaganda.

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Yes you could create a scheduled task in XP if you wanted. In Vista, the
defrag scheduled is implemented using a scheduled task. The defrag UI
modifies the scheduled task.

If you have disabled scheduled defrag, and you are still seeing it run in
the background without your intervention, then you will be actually be
seeing our boot optimization running. Every few days defrag.exe is kicked
off to optimize the files on your disk so that the OS boots quickly.
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I'd rather the OS "boot" slower while getting more services running. A
fast boot is worthless to me if I have to wait 1-2 minutes after
logging in for all the various services to kick in.

Either way, you can't use the computer till it's ready and the "speed"
of the so-called "fast boot" is nullified by what happens after the
"boot".
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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
NOTICE: In-Newsgroup (and therefore off-topic) comments on my sig will
be cheerfully ignored, so don't waste our time.
 
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