[MattontheRadio]

Hey people smarter than me. I'm having a weird time with my laptop. I'm running Windows XP Pro and when I start-up, a strange HP Windows Explorer window pops up (I have an HP Laserjet but in a different folder) and my defrag program always starts defragging even though I've told it not too.

Any help to make my poor Dell Inspiron E1505 run better would be much appreciated.

-Matt

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What is in the wierd explorer window? Is it a pop-up or an internet page?

As far as defrag it can be scheduled to run when your computer boots up. Go to Control Panel > Scheduled Tasks, and see if the defrag is scheduled there.

[Titan8990]

What is in the wierd explorer window? Is it a pop-up or an internet page?

As far as defrag it can be scheduled to run when your computer boots up. Go to Control Panel > Scheduled Tasks, and see if the defrag is scheduled there.

[MattontheRadio]

The window is a Windows Explorer window like when navigating through Program Files and My Documents. As for the defrag it's with a seperate program - O&O Defrag and I've unchecked the option to defrag at start-up so many times it's drivin' me crazy.

Edited by ScHwErV, 13 September 2007 - 09:10 AM.

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