[Will scheduled tasks run when not logged in?]

I have a similar issue, although not specifically about setting up a scheduled defrag. I am running Windows 8.1 on a Dell Inspiron laptop. Defraggler indicates that my system is 40% fragged and it will take Defraggler more than a day to defrag. I started it yesterday and it ran for a few hours and got up to 2% defragged. I paused the program, then shut down the computer. Today, when I started the computer, Defraggler did not show any choice for "Resuming" so I had to start it over. It has now run over 4 hours, shows 3% defragged and is stating that it will take more than a day to finish.

 

Of course, my computer automatically goes into sleep mode if there is nothing going on for a period of time. If I set it on sleep mode overnight, it goes through start up as if I had manually shut it off the night before. There is no way I can stay up for more than a day making sure the computer doesn't go into sleep mode and then shut down, so I don't see how I can keep Defraggler running until it is finished. 

 

Any suggestions to resolve this issue would be appreciated.

 

Maureen

 

Hi Maureen,

 

Windows 8.1.  Bummer.

 

You have to set you power setting to "always on" so that i won't ever sleep.  This link should walk you through it:

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/configure-power-plan-windows-8

 

-T

[Is the Pro version any faster?]

No

 

BUMMER!

 

Thank you for the quick reply!

[Is the Pro version any faster?]

Hi All,

 

Do I get any speed improvements by upgrading to the pro version?

 

Many thansk,

-T

[Will scheduled tasks run when not logged in?]

from the Windows Task Scheduler, have you tried ticking the box for your task under its Security Options that says Run whether user is logged on or not ?

 

I actually just did a test, and it's set by default - so to answer your question - Yes.

 

Thank you!

[Do schedueld tasks run in the background?]

Yes, because it runs it under the SYSTEM user.

If it ran under your user, you would see it 'pop up'.

 

Thank you!

 

Does that also mean that the/a user does not have to be logged in?

[Do schedueld tasks run in the background?]

When setting up a scheduled task:

http://www.piriform.com/docs/defraggler/defraggler-settings/scheduler

 

Will this task run in the background?

[Will scheduled tasks run when not logged in?]

Hi All,

 

When setting up a scheduled task:

http://www.piriform.com/docs/defraggler/defraggler-settings/scheduler

 

Will the task runb if the user is not logged in (the screen is sitting at the choose a user screen)?

 

Many thanks,

-T

[need to defrag and condense at the same time]

Hi All,

 

Would you please come up with a method of condensing (defragmenting freespace) and defragmenting at the same time.  Users never rememver to defragment free space.  And, if they don't do it, they get heavily fragmented the first time they write to their drive after they have defragmented.

 

Many thanks,

-T