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When running a Windows 2003 server with .NET Framework 2 installed, you might find the following error in the event log:

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Defragmenting servers can be quite a time-consuming task if you have plenty of servers and plenty of disks. Most system administrators will have scheduled tasks on every server to defragment every month or so. A disadvantage of this way of working is the lack of overview what servers need to be defragmented. Microsoft’s Scriptcenter has a solution for this ‘problem’: Defragment all servers from one location with WMI. When running the script, it gives you return codes so you know the result of each defragmentation.

Server defragmentation isn’t a task you can do, or even want to do, every day. It can lead to performance loss during defragmentation, so you may want to use some hints and tips, before you run it on a monday morning at 9:00 AM.

Although I think this is one of the best new features in the Windows XP CMD, a lot of people still don’t know the auto completion of cmd.exe. You’re only one minute away from a trick, which could save you a few minutes per day!