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Originally posted by mammaduck
And make sure that you're screensaver isn't going to start up after x minutes. I once spent 24 hours defragging before I found out that as soon as the screensaver comes on, the defrag will start all over.
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The system I look after for a friend is occasionally used for CD-burning (old-technology burner), and for that reason the screen-saver and auto-shutdown features are disabled...
(I once read that no CRT display manufactured in the past five years (or maybe longer) actually needs a screen saver; nowadays such programs are just ornamental, unless used to password-protect one's system during an absence.)