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defraging schedule says "never"

Jan 14, 2011 12:44PM PST

Im using windows vista,home service pack 1, Emachines model et1161-07. When I set the schedule time to defrag, it shows the next scheduled time. When I return to the site, it shows the next scheduled time as "never" and it doesnt defrag. I always have to remember to defrag manually..has anyone ever had this problem? is there a fix?

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Compare your setup to this
Jan 14, 2011 3:39PM PST
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defrag says never
Feb 27, 2011 11:53AM PST

thanks for the info but it still doesn't answer why the defrag defaults to say "never" after I have scheduled it to run..yes, I can defrag manually..are there any techies out there who have an idea to fix this problem? I havnt found any so far..Im running windows vista home edition, on emachine et1161-07 and service pack 1.

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Why?
Feb 27, 2011 12:10PM PST

Microsoft has a habit of never telling why. If you follow their fixes some are blatant "Heck, we don't know" or worse.

Good luck finding out why.

Back to your issue. The task scheduler has "dependencies" and if anyone used a registry cleaner or changed any service from stock I can't know this. Or I can't know without being at the machine. It isn't that I haven't fixed it, it's that I have yet to find it's one fix and not another.
Bob