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You can use group policy preferences to do this using a Windows 2008 domain controller.<br />
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<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc725745.aspx" rel="ugc">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc725745.aspx</a><br />
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You can use group policy preferences to do this using a Windows 2008 domain controller.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc725745.aspx [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc725745.aspx]



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if I look on my Win 7 PC under scheduled tasks I see the 1am defrag, the Task Name is listed as 'ScheduledDefrag'. If I use that exact same name would that tweak the existing scheduled task and let me change the time to whatever I need to?
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if I look on my Win 7 PC under scheduled tasks I see the 1am defrag, the Task Name is listed as 'ScheduledDefrag'. If I use that exact same name would that tweak the existing scheduled task and let me change the time to whatever I need to?

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It should. Haven't tested yet, so I'm not 100% on it.
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It should. Haven't tested yet, so I'm not 100% on it.

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By default Windows 7 schedules a defrag at 1am, but our PCs are off at that time. Is there a way to change that time via GPO. I have seen that I can create a scheduled task under Computer &gt;&nbsp;Preferences &gt;&nbsp;Control Panel &gt;&nbsp;Schedules Tasks but I assume that would just create another scheduled defrag. Looking at that option I would create a batch file, something like defrag %systemroot% /f<br />
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Is there somewhere in the GPO where I can schedule this directly, or can I just schedule the batch command task itself?
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By default Windows 7 schedules a defrag at 1am, but our PCs are off at that time. Is there a way to change that time via GPO. I have seen that I can create a scheduled task under Computer > Preferences > Control Panel > Schedules Tasks but I assume that would just create another scheduled defrag. Looking at that option I would create a batch file, something like defrag %systemroot% /f

Is there somewhere in the GPO where I can schedule this directly, or can I just schedule the batch command task itself?

How do I use GPO to change scheduled defrag on Windows 7?

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