I have NAV 2010 also - Win XP - have not seen any evidence of optimizer having run even once.
K
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I had answered, but since I'm not familiar with NAV and only NIS, I thought NAV might have 'idle time optimizing' and NIS has to be done manually. Wasn't sure so deleted other reply I had. However, it might be possible your HD doesn't need optimizing quite yet and that's why it hasn't run from what you can tell.
Message Edited by plb4333 on 09-12-2009 09:19 PM
Message Edited by plb4333 on 09-12-2009 09:20 PM
Hello,
"Idle Time Optimizer" is set to OFF and I still have found this in the Norton tasks window (I didn't do any intervention) :
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Message Edited by JerryM on 09-13-2009 06:16 PM
I think I know what may be happening with the optimizer. It would run a little every time my computer was idle since originally the idle time optimizer was set to on. When I checked Norton tasks it would say it had run, but would say that it had been cancelled. This morning I left my computer on & when it was idle, it ran again. But this time, it said the task was complete. When I checked the performance screen, there was a blue band & it also said that my computer had been optimized on 9/13/09. I believe if you start the optimizer, it will complete the task even if you turn off idle time optimizer. It won't stop until it's finished, regardless if you turn off idle time optimizer in the settings.
In this case, I wouldn't mind leaving it on. I may turn it on again if I think it's safe & won't harm my hard drive.
Message Edited by mab57 on 09-13-2009 09:42 AM
Message Edited by mab57 on 09-13-2009 09:43 AM
mab57,
You seem to have probably found the answer 
Message Edited by puma_one on 09-13-2009 08:16 AM
As I stated in an earlier post: I ran the optimizer (NIS 2010) manually and it was not completed after 5 hours of running yesterday. I am now running it again today (manually) and will let it goe untill it finishes. I am now up to 3 hours today. Hope it completes some time soon. I'll let you know how long it takes. Heading out to lunch hope it is done by the time I get back.
Computer stats posted in an earlier post.
Thanks
sOulbAit
If you change the option, you have to reboot for the new setting on the Optimize option to take affect. It will cancel a started routine this way.
Although I have set “Idle time optimzer” to OFF and have rebooted the system I have obtained the result mentionned just above in my precedent post.
Follow up on previous post. 5 hours of manual optimize yesterday, continued today and it took another 4 hrs and 9 minutes. Wow, it must have really needed it.
Thanks for all the support.
Have a great day.
sOulbAit
sOulbAit wrote:Follow up on previous post. 5 hours of manual optimize yesterday, continued today and it took another 4 hrs and 9 minutes. Wow, it must have really needed it.
Thanks for all the support.
Have a great day.
sOulbAit
Congratulations 
Have you noticed any improvement in PC performance ?
Did a reboot and the computer seemed to boot faster. Yaaaa. Also seems like starting programs are faster also. I love that.
Thanks everyone.
sOulbAit
Silly me. NAV2010 XP - optimizer had never run and stated that in Norton Tasks - hit the little right arrow and it decided to run.
Started then stopped and waited for Idle time - then finished. Took about 11:25 min.
Assume it just did the Boot sector.?
Ken
Correct; on Windows XP the default OS Defrag does just the boot drive (C:\Windows for example); on Vista it will do the entire C: drive but in Vista, the OS calls the defrag utility many times to take care of fragmented files in the OS housekeeping.
Hi,
The "Optimization" is done on my PC
It took about 4 or 5 hours.
Vista sp2 / NIS 2010
mab57 wrote:I believe if you start the optimizer, it will complete the task even if you turn off idle time optimizer. It won't stop until it's finished, regardless if you turn off idle time optimizer in the settings.
I'm not sure that's right since I turned it off, but manually started it and then canceled it. It hasn't run since and that was 5 days ago. Unless it only does as you say if it starts automatically.
dbrisendine wrote:
Correct; on Windows XP the default OS Defrag does just the boot drive (C:\Windows for example); on Vista it will do the entire C: drive but in Vista, the OS calls the defrag utility many times to take care of fragmented files in the OS housekeeping.
In 99% of the cases the boot volume and the C: drive will be the same since in most cases Windows is installed on the C: Drive. The main reason not to do so is if the system dual boots. So for most people it wilil work the same on XP and Vista.