Hi Rock;

Thanks for that.

I did delete it from the task schedules before, but DfrgNtfs.exe came back
running when idle after the next system reboot.

Deleting it from the admin tools option fixed that problem - at least so far
I haven't seen it coming back.

Vista Ultimate on Dell Precision M90


"Rock" wrote:
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> "akita" wrote[color=green]
> >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.
>
> --
> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
>
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