If you always forget to scan for viruses, update virus protection, run Disk Defragmenter, or run any other system tool, look to the Task Scheduler for help.

By using Task Scheduler, you can run programs and tasks at a time that is most convenient for you. Task Scheduler automatically starts when Windows boots up, and it runs as a background application.

Here's what you can do with Task Scheduler:

1. Schedule a task to run daily, weekly, monthly, or at certain times (like during system startup).
2. Change the schedule for a task.
3. Stop a scheduled task.

To take full advantage of this service, make sure that the system date and time for your computer are accurate before you add a task.

Schedule your own tasks:

1. Go to your desktop and double-click My Computer.
2. Now, double-click the Scheduled Tasks folder.
3. When the folder opens, double-click Add Scheduled Task.
4. This will launch a wizard that will walk you through the process.

The wizard will load a list of everything that's installed on your machine. Try scheduling the Disk Defragmenter to run the first Monday of every month at noon.