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Task Scheduler To Run System Defrag
Name: slosh Date: August 31, 2003 at 17:48:48 Pacific OS: Windows 2003 Server 2003 CPU/Ram: PIII 1Ghz 512MB
Comment:
I am trying to figure out how to schedule my computer to do automatic defragmentation. It won't let me even schedule any tasks at all. None of them will run. Please help!!!!!!!!!!
Name: darkfriend Date: August 31, 2003 at 21:16:48 Pacific
Reply:
Do think it is a coincidence that Micro$oft includes Executive Software's Diskeeper Defragmenter, but doesn't include the embedded Task Scheduler included in the retail version of Diskeeper? Did you also notice that command line instructions for the defragmenter are disabled? dark.
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Response Number 2
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