Automatically turn off screensaver when doing defrag

12 October 2002 by Snakefoot | Comment » | Trackback Off
If the Screensaver starts running while performing a defrag of a HDD partition then the defrag will take forever.
So if one has fallen in love with the screensaver, but don't want the hazzle of turning it off before starting a defrag, then this can be a help.

Update the following STRING values :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \Applets \Defrag \Settings]
(Default) = "YES"
DisableScreenSaver = ""

Note the screensaver will not be disabled if the Defrag is run as a scheduled task.

Also Read Defrag partitions to speed up file access

More Info MS KB Q229057

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