[Question] - Defrag local disk without Admin rights

[D8TA]

I've seen a program that will allow any user to run a defrag on their local disk but now I cannot find it. This was a freebe that created a service in Windows which allowed Power Users to defrag their disk.

As of now majority of our users are only Power Users and are unable to perform a simple defrag. Does anyone have any ideas on how I could either push out a scheduled task to defrag the drives at will on any given night or allow the Power Users to defrag the drive themselves? I am still Googling trying to find that service that allows Power Users to defrag but any help at this point would be greatly appreciated. These PCs are in a corporate environment no connected to any domain.

Thanks!

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[garnet]

Check out this link, hope it helps

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q294743/

and

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_defrag.htm

I'd personally suggest getting a third party tool with scheduling features.

[nmX.Memnoch]

Diskeeper 10 with the Diskeeper 10 Admin tool is very nice. You can use it in a Workgroup environment (provided you have a common admin account/password on all of the workstations) but it works best in a Domain environment. It even offers reporting features so you can see what machines are running low on drive space (percentage is configurable), if a scheduled defrag failed for any reason, and a few other things.

Even without the Admin tool you can still schedule defrags. I have all of my DK clients set to defrag while the screensaver is on and also on the weekends. To do it without the Admin tool is a little more work but can be done. Basically you just set the schedule on one machine. Then copy Diskeep.ctl from %PROGRAMFILES%\Diskeeper Corporation\Diskeeper. Then export the HKLM\SOFTWARE\Diskeeper Corporation\Diskeeper\Preferences registry key. From there all you have to do is copy the file and import the registry key after you install Diskeeper.

[garnet]

Diskeeper 10 with the Diskeeper 10 Admin tool is very nice. You can use it in a Workgroup environment (provided you have a common admin account/password on all of the workstations) but it works best in a Domain environment. It even offers reporting features so you can see what machines are running low on drive space (percentage is configurable), if a scheduled defrag failed for any reason, and a few other things.

I second that, its got great scheduling features, runs neatly on workstations and the job is much faster.