Re: Solution: Windows Vista lockup when idle for a while

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Here's what Tae Song wrote on 9/04/09:
My computer used to lock up if I was away from the computer too long. I originally thought it was a problem with the hard drive and I ran HD Tune hard drive scan. It didn't lock up during scans, so I used that for a while to keep the computer for locking up when I was away from the keyboard.

I upgrade to Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit for a while and found a work around. Take ownership of DfrgNtfs.exe and then rename it. I would not call it a fix since now it can't defrag NTFS volumes in the background.

I eventually noticed that DfrgNtfs.exe running in the background and using excessive amount of CPU time. So I renamed it and now my computer doesn't lock up anymore when I'm gone from the computer for a while and come back.

Gigabyte EP45-UD3LR motherboard
Intel Q9550 Core2 Quad 2.83Ghz
4GB DDR2-1066
Western Digital 1TB Caviar Green
Western Digital 500GB Caviar Green x2 (RAID 0)
Zotac Nvidia Geforce GTX 295

Couldn't you have just told defrag not to run?

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Gene Bloch 650.366.4267 lettersatblochg.com


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