[Lmo56]

The one that stuck in my craw the most was the defrag tool. I had a devil of a time finding it, and when I did, Windows suggested that I leave that pesky little task up to the computer.

In XP, the defrag program was a VERY scaled-down version of Diskeeper [from Executive Software].

I found a freeware verision of Executive Software's Diskeeper Lite at MajorGeeks, loaded it, and it over-rode XP's scaled-down version. So that when you clicked on Disk Defrag from the Windows Accesories/System Tools drop-down box, Diskeeper Lite automatically ran [NOT the Windows XP scaled-down version].

Don't know if this would work in Win 7, though.

FYI - Diskeeper Lite does have a Welcome pop-up box each time you run it. But, you can just 'X' out of it. ALSO, the first time you run it after installation, you get a "bogus" MMC error. If you click the "ignore this time and every other time" selection, you will never see this "bogus" error again ...

[Windflier]

I’ll keep that Diskeeper Lite defrag tool in mind. Don’t know if it would run on 7 or not, but it might be worth a try. Thanks!