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you cant add a secheduled task via Group Policy - you can control security over scheduled task but you can actually create them<br />
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here is a link for the code that will run defrag on all drives for you though<br />
<a href="http://www.dougknox.com/utility/scripts_desc/defrag_all.htm" rel="ugc">http://www.dougknox.com/utility/scripts_desc/defrag_all.htm</a><br />
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here is a link on how to create a scheduled task via script<br />
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/sept04/hey0922.mspx" rel="ugc nofollow">http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/sept04/hey0922.mspx</a><br />
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you may want to add a logon script that will create a scheduled task. &nbsp;this is just trial and error really, GPO doesnt have the functionality yet
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you cant add a secheduled task via Group Policy - you can control security over scheduled task but you can actually create them

here is a link for the code that will run defrag on all drives for you though
http://www.dougknox.com/utility/scripts_desc/defrag_all.htm [http://www.dougknox.com/utility/scripts_desc/defrag_all.htm]

here is a link on how to create a scheduled task via script
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/sept04/hey0922.mspx [http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/sept04/hey0922.mspx]

you may want to add a logon script that will create a scheduled task.  this is just trial and error really, GPO doesnt have the functionality yet

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I have not responded because I have not had the time to try out Jay_Jay70's recommendations. &nbsp;However, I do appreciate the attempt to answer my question and will accept the answers given. &nbsp;Thank you!
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I have not responded because I have not had the time to try out Jay_Jay70's recommendations.  However, I do appreciate the attempt to answer my question and will accept the answers given.  Thank you!

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I would like to use Group Policy to schedule defrags on all of my workstations. &nbsp;I have read various other answers to this issue, but I am not very familiar with writing scripts. &nbsp;Can someone give me a step-by-step process to make this happen?<br />
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Thank you!
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I would like to use Group Policy to schedule defrags on all of my workstations.  I have read various other answers to this issue, but I am not very familiar with writing scripts.  Can someone give me a step-by-step process to make this happen?

Thank you!

Schedule Defrag through Group Policy for all domain workstations

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).