Symantec 10067161 Product Manual - Page 80

80 Monitoring your system's performance About System Insight application on your computer and your computer is idle. If you start using your computer again, Norton AntiVirus stops the optimization task, and starts optimizing the next time that your computer is idle. This way, the background job of optimization does not affect the performance of your computer. Optimization rearranges file fragments into adjacent or contiguous clusters in the hard disk. It improves the computer performance by reading the files into the memory faster. Optimization also maximizes the usable free space on a disk by grouping most frequently used files and infrequently used files. In addition, it consolidates free space to avoid fragmenting newly added files. You can use the Idle Time Optimizer option to optimize the boot volume during the idle time. To access the Idle Time Optimizer option, go to the Norton AntiVirus main window, and then click Settings > General > Norton Tasks > Idle Time Optimizer. Turning off or turning on Idle Time Optimizer Norton AntiVirus automatically schedules the optimization when it detects the installation of a new application on your computer. Norton AntiVirus runs this optimization only when your computer is idle. You can use the Idle Time Optimizer option to optimize the boot volume during idle time. By default, this option is turned on. To turn off Idle Time Optimizer 1 In the Norton AntiVirus main window, click Settings. 2 In the Settings window, click the General tab. 3 In the left pane, click Norton Tasks. 4 In the Idle Time Optimizer row, move the On/Off switch to the right to the Off position. 5 Click Apply, and then click OK.