By default Vista will defrag on its own, its not like XP where you use to have to go and scan and defrag manually. Since your new to Vista here are some helpful sites that may help learn more about your PC and how to run it. HELPFUL SITES FOR VISTA www.snapfiles.com go to the freeware section, lots of free software that is vista compatible www.howtogeek.com http://windrivers.com/VistaDrivers.html http://www.askvg.com/ (also good for XP) http://www.vista4beginners.com/ http://www.xpmediacentre.com.au/ http://thevistaforums.com/ http://mintywhite.com/tech/ http://winvistaclub.com/ http://www.windvis.com/ http://www.vistahelpline.com/ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607 www.pcworld.com for many Vista compatible software click download, next page type what you’re looking for in blue search box and new page opens http://vistaonwindows.com/ http://www.bc.edu/offices/help/meta-elements/doc/articles/html/SW-vista-updates.shtml http://help.com/tag/381949-vista this one is much like our site with post answers just on Vista http://www.web-articles.info/e/a/title/Windows-Vista-help/ http://vistasupport.mvps.org/ http://tech.yahoo.com/gd/using-the-windows-vista-control-panel/200429 http://www.lifehack.org/articles/technology/how-to-use-windows-vista-speech-recognition.html this one is for the program on vista and speech recognition http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,2109974,00.asp -speech Recognition also http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/66966-logon-automatically.html This shows how to reset vista so that you no longer have to have a password To log on http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx This web site for sharing printers & files & folders in Vista And if you happen to have an Office Depot near you go in and ask for a Book “Microsoft Vista Visual” cost about $20.00 best book I have seen yet to learn about Vista yet for new PC owner and those new to Vista. Hopefully these sites will help you find the tips or software or maybe instructions on how to do that one little thing that was frustrating you. G_tech