Hello people,

any one know the reason why microsoft had dumbed down DEFRAG ??

Laziness
Jeff

"James" wrote in message
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Hello people,

any one know the reason why microsoft had dumbed down DEFRAG ??

If you want a little background on the design decisions made for Vista's
defrag, see our blog at
https://blogs.technet.com/filecab/ar...r/default.aspx.

You might find the FAQ useful, as well as the recent chat transcript.



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"James" wrote in message
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Hello people,

any one know the reason why microsoft had dumbed down DEFRAG ??

Sorry Jill,
Lotsa people don't like that decision though,
Sorry bout the comment.
Jeff

"Jill Zoeller [MSFT]" wrote in message
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If you want a little background on the design decisions made for Vista's
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https://blogs.technet.com/filecab/ar...r/default.aspx.

You might find the FAQ useful, as well as the recent chat transcript.



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"James" wrote in message
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Hello people,

any one know the reason why microsoft had dumbed down DEFRAG ??

No worries--it's not the first time it's come up! A given design won't
always make 100% of users happy, and there are alternatives out there for
folks who like a full-featured graphical defrag. Myself, I like the fact
that I never have to worry about running defrag. And though you might think
I'm biased, it's the truth. :-)



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"Jeff" wrote in message
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Sorry Jill,
Lotsa people don't like that decision though,
Sorry bout the comment.
Jeff

"Jill Zoeller [MSFT]" wrote in message
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If you want a little background on the design decisions made for Vista's
defrag, see our blog at
https://blogs.technet.com/filecab/ar...r/default.aspx.

You might find the FAQ useful, as well as the recent chat transcript.



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"James" wrote in message
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Hello people,

any one know the reason why microsoft had dumbed down DEFRAG ??

Jill,
A quote from the chat; if I may;
"Good question. As far as the user experience changes are concerned, the
decision to simplify the user interface came as a result of usability
research that we did accross various types of users (advanced to novice). "
This is one where your research is wrong.
Lots of people want the UI.
Jeff

"Jeff" wrote in message
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Sorry Jill,
Lotsa people don't like that decision though,
Sorry bout the comment.
Jeff

"Jill Zoeller [MSFT]" wrote in message
...
If you want a little background on the design decisions made for Vista's
defrag, see our blog at
https://blogs.technet.com/filecab/ar...r/default.aspx.

You might find the FAQ useful, as well as the recent chat transcript.



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"James" wrote in message
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Hello people,

any one know the reason why microsoft had dumbed down DEFRAG ??

Jill,
Sorry bout the last post;I posted it before your response.
But; still stand on the issue. LOTS of people do want the UI.
Personally I use command line if I feel I want to override auto defrag;but
then again;people like to see pretty colors.
Jeff
"Jeff" wrote in message
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Jill,
A quote from the chat; if I may;
"Good question. As far as the user experience changes are concerned, the
decision to simplify the user interface came as a result of usability
research that we did accross various types of users (advanced to novice).
"
This is one where your research is wrong.
Lots of people want the UI.
Jeff

"Jeff" wrote in message
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Sorry Jill,
Lotsa people don't like that decision though,
Sorry bout the comment.
Jeff

"Jill Zoeller [MSFT]" wrote in message
...
If you want a little background on the design decisions made for Vista's
defrag, see our blog at
https://blogs.technet.com/filecab/ar...r/default.aspx.

You might find the FAQ useful, as well as the recent chat transcript.



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"James" wrote in message
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Hello people,

any one know the reason why microsoft had dumbed down DEFRAG ??

I was just about to ask about this till I found the post. An option to show
the graphical rep. of the drive would be nice tho. I think that for the
business and IT users the one in XP was more professional looking. I am gonna
go read that faq\blog that was posted tho before I say anymore.

Hello, thank for the link ;-) i understand why now...

i have just tested the command line who is great ;-)

cya ;-)


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If you want a little background on the design decisions made for Vista's
defrag, see our blog at
https://blogs.technet.com/filecab/ar...r/default.aspx. You might find the FAQ useful, as well as the recent chat transcript.

Jeff wrote:
Jill,
Sorry bout the last post;I posted it before your response.
But; still stand on the issue. LOTS of people do want the UI.
Personally I use command line if I feel I want to override auto
defrag;but then again;people like to see pretty colors.

I think some kind of progress bar / percentage counter would be very
important, but as for the pretty colours, if you want to see a pretty
picture on your screen that has little to no relation with what is actually
happening while your computer is defragging, why not just watch a DVD?