How do you monitor it if you don't watch the screen :-)
Being paranoid enough to not schedule unattended maintenance is ridiculous.
BTW it helps if you quote text you are replying to.

"D. Spencer Hines" <poguemidden********.com> wrote in message
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> Defrag and Backup on the machine I'm currently using take all of 30
> minutes.
>
> I initiate, control and monitor those processes.
>
> I certainly don't sit there and watch the screen all the time.[/color]
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>> You have a valid point. Why on earth would you want to schedule a defrag
>> & backup overnight when you can sit there & watch it in real-time.
>> I'm so glad I read your post, I'll cancel all my maintenace schedules so
>> I can watch it myself.
>> Won't need to renew my cable subscription now i'll be too busy watching
>> defrag to bother with 24[/color][/color]