Disable Screen Saver When Disk Defragmenter Active

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This tweak disables the screen saver when defrag is being used.
Level: Recommended For Novice Users
Description:
Hard disks store data in bits and pieces called sectors. Each sector holds a fixed amount of data like 512 bytes. So, a large file may cover the whole disk. To combine them, disk is defragged. If the screen saver becomes active while using the disk defragmenter, it can slow down the process and may interrupt it. Some programs allow you to disable the screensaver before leaving the system for some other operation. The screensaver will not be disabled, if the defrag is run as a scheduled task. Some changes in the registry can disable the screensaver. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. If the subkeys, \defrag\settings\disablescreensaver\, do not exist, create them as explained below. Now, create a string value name default in the right panel, if it does not exist. Right-click it and modify the data value with yes to enable the setting and no to disable it. Click ok and close the registry editor. Restart the system or logoff to see the changes taking effect. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.




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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type 'regedit'.
Second, go to <b>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\] </b> and create a sub key as 'Defrag' under the key 'Applets'.
Third, create another subkey as 'Settings' under the subkey 'Defrag'.
Fourth, create another subkey as 'DisableScreenSaver' under the subkey 'Settings'.
Now, right click on the String value 'Default' and select 'Modify'.
Finally set the value data as 'Yes' and click 'OK' to disable Screen Saver when Disk Defragmenter is active.


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Registry Entries

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  • Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\]
  • Location: Current User
  • Value Name: Defrag
  • Data Type: Key
  • Action Type: Add an Entry
  • Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Defrag\]
  • Location: Current User
  • Value Name: Settings
  • Data Type: Key
  • Action Type: Add an Entry
  • Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Defrag\Settings\]
  • Location: Current User
  • Value Name: DisableScreenSaver
  • Data Type: Key
  • Action Type: Add an Entry
  • Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Defrag\Settings\DisableScreenSaver\]
  • Location: Current User
  • Value Name: Default
  • Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
  • Enabled Value: Yes
  • Disabled Value: No
  • Action Type: Add an Entry


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