First, the user interface has changed. There is no progress bar, no elapsed time and no remaining time shown. Also what happened to the information about fragmentations (how fragmentated is my disc, files).

Second, Defrag is now a hidden background task! Is that a good idea? Well – if you have a computer with a lot of power, free resources and don’t mind that defrag is running while you are working on it – then well I guess its ok.

Third, is seams that defrag is now slower and not quite as effective as defrag known from XP. The new defrag does not per default defrag files which are larger the 64 mb. It also does not defrag recycle bin and files which are in use.

Ok – not everything is disappeared… a lot of the stuff has moved to the command line. So instead of a user friendly interface – you now has to use the command line.

Here are some command examples:

So what to do? Well I am not going to use Vista’s defrag. I have chosen to use at third party product, Auslogics Disk Defrag. Here I get a user friendly interface and a fast defragmentation of my discs and files

Before you turn off User Account Control, then be aware off why you are doing this. User Account Control is build in by Microsoft to improve Vista’s security. So if you only are annoyed because of the popup messages – then consider to use TweakUAC to set UAC in quit mode instead of turning it off.

Anyway – there are several ways to turn off UAC. Ex. by using msconfig, by making the changes directly in the registry, through group policies and through the control panel.

Using MsConfig:

1. start msconfig (Start -> Run -> Msconfig)
2. on the tools tab, scroll down until you find Disable UAP or Disable UAC
3. mark the line and press the Launch button
4. close msconfig and reboot the computer

Making changes directly in registry:

1. start the registry editor (Start -> Run -> Regedit)
2. navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
3. locate the value EnableLUA and change the value to 0
4. close the registry editor and reboot

Through Group Policies:

1. open the Group Policy editor (Start -> Run -> gpedit.msc or gpmc.msc)
2. browse to Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options
3. In the details pane, locate the User Access Control policies.
4. Right click each of the following policies and change the value as indicated below:
   • User Account Control: Detect application installations and prompt for elevation – Disabled
   • User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for standard users – No prompt
   • User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode – Disabled
5. Reboot

Through the Control Panel:

1. Open Control Panel
2. In the search bar type user account or uac
3. Click on the Turn User Account Control (UAC) on or off
4. Click continue
5. Then uncheck the box and click OK.
6. Reboot

That’s all now you have turned off the UAC