"akita" wrote[color=blue]
>I recently noticed that whenever my laptop is an idle mode for a prolonged
> time, DfrgNtfs.exe comes in. I understand that this Vista’s native Disk
> Defragmenter.
>
> Since I am using Raxco’s Disk Defragmentation Utility, which seems to do a
> far better (and faster) job then the native Defragmenter, I would like to
> turn DfrgNtfs.exe off so that it no longer runs when the system is idle.
>
> The thing is, I can’t find any option in Vista (Ultimate) to do that. I
> guess there must be some preset schedule in one of the task management
> routines, but I sure can’t find it. Perhaps someone here can point me in
> the
> right direction.
>
> All help and advice would be much appreciated.[/color]

Go to Control Panel, search on defrag, click on the option presented under
Administrative tools, elevate as needed, and untic Run on a Schedule. Ok
out.

The open task scheduler from Control Panel. In the left pane drill down
through Task Scheduler Library | Microsoft | Windows | Defrag. Disable one
or both of the two tasks for Defrag.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]