"Russ Ringer" <nobody@example.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 16:14:10 -0600, "Sooner Al [MVP]"
> <SoonerAl@somewhere.net.invalid> wrote:
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>>Why does a limited user need to run defrag?
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> Because fragmented drives run slower and it's recommended?
> I understand MS defrag is a limited version of disk keeper
> http://www.diskeeper.com/defrag.asp?pass=588262708 who says it helps.
>
>>Thats a job for an administrator if its needed at all...
>
> Because the administrator is much too busy to bother with trivial
> tasks like defrag. If tweakui is used to enable "optimize hard drive
> when idle" is that the same as defraging? Will it still happen it the
> user is not Administrator?
>
>


Under NTFS, fragmentation is not nearly the issue it is under FAT. You can
go a long time without fragmenting your drive. Often users waste more time
defragmenting an NTFS volume then they lose due to any fragmentation. If
you want a defragmenter to run under administrator privileges but don't want
normal users to know your password (and they should also not run admin
functions) then get a defragmenter that runs as an NT service. It will then
run when it is appropriate, when the system is idle, and won't have the user
farking over the machine with a defrag that they may very well interrupt,
even by hitting the power switch.

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