Switching off the monitor won't stop the screensaver running.  The computer has no way of knowing that the monitor is turned off - it'll just keep on processing the screensaver program.

Better to turn off the screensaver before defragging, as well as any energy saving settings.  Both of these are a nuisance anyway - the computer will run better with both of these items deactivated.

Ian Porter
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Alice Crawford 
  Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Defragmenting


  Just shut off the monitor and you do not have to deal with the screen saver.
  Alice Crawford
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   Sharon
  >
  > Have you closed down your screensaver (if you use one) sometimes folks
  > forget this when they close all running programs.
  >
  >
  > Alan Hodges
  >
  >
  > ----- Original Message -----
  > From: "Sharon F. Kiellach" >
  > PCSOFT Digest - 24 Dec 2003 to 25 Dec 2003 (#2003-357)Hi,
  > I don't know whether I'm doing this correctly, but here goes anyway. I'm
  > having difficulty defragmenting.  If I do it the way that's described in
  > my Windows 98SE manual, it NEVER completes.  It keeps restarting.  I
  > have tried the "Control, Alt, Delete" route to close all of the
  > programs. Sometimes that's successful, other times it's not.
  > Any efficient method?

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