Scheduled Maintenance Tasks?

[NYI803]

Hi, I would like to learn how to schedule maintenance tasks such as Disk
Cleanup and Disk Defrag. I found an article about it here at this website:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/crawford_october08.mspx

However, those methods do not seem to work completely for me. First off,
when I try to schedule the Disk Cleanup task, it works fine up until the
point where I have to select what to clean and then press OK. This obviously
will not work unless I am there to click.

Also, in the disk defrag one, it does work by opening a DOS version of
defrag when scheduled, however it closed automatically by itself after about
10 minutes, and I did not see any progress in the status %... I know how long
this takes so 10 minutes obviously isnt right.

Has anyone else tried to do this as a scheduled task? I would like to
schedule a defrag semi-weekly during the middle of the night so I do not have
to watch it work for hours when I need to use my computer. Is what is
written on this site correct and I am just doing something wrong? Thanks
for your help

[Ayush]

Automate Disk Defrag :
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=555098

If that does not work, two alternate methods:
Kelly :
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm CLick D > Scroll down to Defrag

Doug-Knox:
http://www.dougknox.com/utility/scripts_desc/defrag_all.htm



Disk Cleanup:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315246

The options you need are the "sageset" and "sagerun" but i cant understand them so i
just never tried it.


--
> Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

For any query, search > www.Google.com
Want to know about a term > http://en.wikipedia.org

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"NYI803" > wrote in message
...
: Hi, I would like to learn how to schedule maintenance tasks such as Disk
: Cleanup and Disk Defrag. I found an article about it here at this website:
:
: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/crawford_october08.mspx
:
: However, those methods do not seem to work completely for me. First off,
: when I try to schedule the Disk Cleanup task, it works fine up until the
: point where I have to select what to clean and then press OK. This obviously
: will not work unless I am there to click.
:
: Also, in the disk defrag one, it does work by opening a DOS version of
: defrag when scheduled, however it closed automatically by itself after about
: 10 minutes, and I did not see any progress in the status %... I know how long
: this takes so 10 minutes obviously isnt right.
:
: Has anyone else tried to do this as a scheduled task? I would like to
: schedule a defrag semi-weekly during the middle of the night so I do not have
: to watch it work for hours when I need to use my computer. Is what is
: written on this site correct and I am just doing something wrong? Thanks
: for your help

[Pact.Tech]

Does anyone know sageset and sagerun? I tried to read article # 253597 but
really didn't get much out of it.

I think I want to do the same thing as this user which is completely
automate the Disk Cleanup task.

Thanks.

"Ayush" wrote:

> Automate Disk Defrag :
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=555098
>
> If that does not work, two alternate methods:
> Kelly :
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm CLick D > Scroll down to Defrag
>
> Doug-Knox:
> http://www.dougknox.com/utility/scripts_desc/defrag_all.htm
>
>
>
> Disk Cleanup:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315246
>
> The options you need are the "sageset" and "sagerun" but i cant understand them so i
> just never tried it.
>
>
> --
> > Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]
>
> For any query, search > www.Google.com
> Want to know about a term > http://en.wikipedia.org
>
> Replied To :
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "NYI803" > wrote in message
> ...
> : Hi, I would like to learn how to schedule maintenance tasks such as Disk
> : Cleanup and Disk Defrag. I found an article about it here at this website:
> :
> : http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/crawford_october08.mspx
> :
> : However, those methods do not seem to work completely for me. First off,
> : when I try to schedule the Disk Cleanup task, it works fine up until the
> : point where I have to select what to clean and then press OK. This obviously
> : will not work unless I am there to click.
> :
> : Also, in the disk defrag one, it does work by opening a DOS version of
> : defrag when scheduled, however it closed automatically by itself after about
> : 10 minutes, and I did not see any progress in the status %... I know how long
> : this takes so 10 minutes obviously isnt right.
> :
> : Has anyone else tried to do this as a scheduled task? I would like to
> : schedule a defrag semi-weekly during the middle of the night so I do not have
> : to watch it work for hours when I need to use my computer. Is what is
> : written on this site correct and I am just doing something wrong? Thanks
> : for your help
>
>
>

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

How to Automate the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315246

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Pact.Tech" > wrote in message ...
Does anyone know sageset and sagerun? I tried to read article # 253597 but
really didn't get much out of it.

I think I want to do the same thing as this user which is completely
automate the Disk Cleanup task.

Thanks.

"Ayush" wrote:

> Automate Disk Defrag :
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=555098
>
> If that does not work, two alternate methods:
> Kelly :
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm CLick D > Scroll down to Defrag
>
> Doug-Knox:
> http://www.dougknox.com/utility/scripts_desc/defrag_all.htm
>
>
>
> Disk Cleanup:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315246
>
> The options you need are the "sageset" and "sagerun" but i cant understand them so i
> just never tried it.
>
>
> --
> > Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]
>
> For any query, search > www.Google.com
> Want to know about a term > http://en.wikipedia.org
>
> Replied To :
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "NYI803" > wrote in message
> ...
> : Hi, I would like to learn how to schedule maintenance tasks such as Disk
> : Cleanup and Disk Defrag. I found an article about it here at this website:
> :
> : http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/crawford_october08.mspx
> :
> : However, those methods do not seem to work completely for me. First off,
> : when I try to schedule the Disk Cleanup task, it works fine up until the
> : point where I have to select what to clean and then press OK. This obviously
> : will not work unless I am there to click.
> :
> : Also, in the disk defrag one, it does work by opening a DOS version of
> : defrag when scheduled, however it closed automatically by itself after about
> : 10 minutes, and I did not see any progress in the status %... I know how long
> : this takes so 10 minutes obviously isnt right.
> :
> : Has anyone else tried to do this as a scheduled task? I would like to
> : schedule a defrag semi-weekly during the middle of the night so I do not have
> : to watch it work for hours when I need to use my computer. Is what is
> : written on this site correct and I am just doing something wrong? Thanks
> : for your help
>
>
>

[Pact.Tech]

I finally figured out what this article meant.

Others may want to search Microsoft for articles by Sharon Crawford. She
makes the tasks easy to understand.

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> How to Automate the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315246
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
> Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Pact.Tech" > wrote in message ...
> Does anyone know sageset and sagerun? I tried to read article # 253597 but
> really didn't get much out of it.
>
> I think I want to do the same thing as this user which is completely
> automate the Disk Cleanup task.
>
> Thanks.
>
> "Ayush" wrote:
>
> > Automate Disk Defrag :
> > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=555098
> >
> > If that does not work, two alternate methods:
> > Kelly :
> > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm CLick D > Scroll down to Defrag
> >
> > Doug-Knox:
> > http://www.dougknox.com/utility/scripts_desc/defrag_all.htm
> >
> >
> >
> > Disk Cleanup:
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315246
> >
> > The options you need are the "sageset" and "sagerun" but i cant understand them so i
> > just never tried it.
> >
> >
> > --
> > > Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]
> >
> > For any query, search > www.Google.com
> > Want to know about a term > http://en.wikipedia.org
> >
> > Replied To :
> > -------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > "NYI803" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > : Hi, I would like to learn how to schedule maintenance tasks such as Disk
> > : Cleanup and Disk Defrag. I found an article about it here at this website:
> > :
> > : http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/crawford_october08.mspx
> > :
> > : However, those methods do not seem to work completely for me. First off,
> > : when I try to schedule the Disk Cleanup task, it works fine up until the
> > : point where I have to select what to clean and then press OK. This obviously
> > : will not work unless I am there to click.
> > :
> > : Also, in the disk defrag one, it does work by opening a DOS version of
> > : defrag when scheduled, however it closed automatically by itself after about
> > : 10 minutes, and I did not see any progress in the status %... I know how long
> > : this takes so 10 minutes obviously isnt right.
> > :
> > : Has anyone else tried to do this as a scheduled task? I would like to
> > : schedule a defrag semi-weekly during the middle of the night so I do not have
> > : to watch it work for hours when I need to use my computer. Is what is
> > : written on this site correct and I am just doing something wrong? Thanks
> > : for your help
> >
> >
> >
>