Defragging with no rights

Discussion in 'Software' started by LightInspire, Aug 25, 2008.

  1. LightInspire

    LightInspire Private E-2

    At work we use XP Pro. Well, the techs took away all administrator rights..down to where we cannot even move icons from the start menu to the desktop. Naturally we cannot even defrag without administrator rights. Is there any software that will allow me to defrag without administrator right? We cannot install software so that idea is out. Maybe if I could make a program portable that would work. Any suggestions or solutions? Tried the ashampoo magic defragmenter but that has to be installed first. Even tried making that a portable app but that doesn't work..says the drive is already defragged when it didn't even start. HELP!!
     
  2. MickeyRoush

    MickeyRoush Specialist

    Deffragler can be made portable.
     
  3. LightInspire

    LightInspire Private E-2

    Will it access the hard drive to defrag? I had the io smartdefrag made portable and got the error that administrator rights is needed....
     
  4. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    Just a note, in the past few days, a regular poster here had a MAJOR problem caused by Defraggler.

    If you go to portable apps
    http://portableapps.com/apps
    there is a defragger listed there. JkDefrag Portable. I use the program on one computer and I will warn you, it is extremely slow for me. (My computer is only 1GHz in speed but the hard drive is also only 20 GB and of that, only about 7 GB are used yet it takes a very long toime for this to run).
     
  5. MickeyRoush

    MickeyRoush Specialist

    I'll have to admit, I've only been using Defraggler for a short time and only on several computers. I've never had a problem with it. But, you never know. :(:eek:
     
  6. LightInspire

    LightInspire Private E-2

    Ok..I'll try the jk portable one. Even though they are portable doesn't mean they can bypass the lock down on no administrator rights to keep us from doing things and you need that just to defrag. Maybe there is something out there that does not need to be installed and will defrag a totally locked down no rights pc..I'll let you know.
     

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