Re: List Of Useful Utilities.
Big myth here that I have to bust: BootVis doesn't optimize your system, it traces the amount of time a system boot takes. It incidentally forces ProcessIdleTasks() (so that all boot traces/timings are accurate). ProcessIdleTasks() may or may not contain a deferred MFT defrag/layout optimization. Notice that you can't directly download BootVis from Microsoft.com any longer - that's because Microsoft wants the perpetuated myth to stop as well. So many tweaker kiddies were downloading it for almost no reason.
ProcessIdleTasks() runs no more than one time every 3 days, during idle periods. You can use the aforementioned Dial-a-fix to force PITs yourself (it's in the Tools dialog), or simply launch the command via Start > Run:
rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks
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