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More info?)
Mark,
For your reference.
Before disabling the Indexing Service, uninstall it via the Add or Remove
Programs Control Panel applet.
Start | Settings | Control Panel | Add or Remove Programs |
Add/Remove Windows Components button on left hand side|
Scroll down to and UNCheck:? Indexing Service | Finish |
Close Add or Remove Programs
Turn off the Indexing Service.
Start | Run | Type: services.msc | OK |
Scroll down to and double click: Indexing Service |
Click the Stop button | In the Startup Type field,
select Disabled | Apply | OK
After you restart your machine it will stay disabled.
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
In news:e2YEtoM4EHA.3368@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl,
MarkC <None@nospam.com> hunted and pecked:
> Since I been using it for the past week, I can hear the hard drive
> churning more often now, and noticed starting up the computer takes a
> little longer. I may try this for another week if I don't use it that
> much then I will turn it off. To turn it off, I will need to turn
> both locations off, correct? Uncheck the Indexing at the disk
> properties and change the search preference to not use Indexing...
>
> Mark
>
>
> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:eh9940H4EHA.2624@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Mark,
>>
>> [[Indexing Service is an optional operating system component. Initial
>> indexing of file system contents can be resource intensive and can
>> affect desktop application performance. Therefore, Indexing Service
>> is not enabled
>> by default.]]
>>
>> Disk Properties
>> ? Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file searching
>> [[Specifies that the contents of the drive be indexed, which
>> improves the speed of your searches. Indexing enables you to search
>> for information such
>> as text in the document, or properties, such as creation date, of the
>> document.
>> The entire contents of the drive are not indexed unless you elect to
>> index files and subfolders when prompted.]]
>>
>> Most folks want to disable the Indexing Service.
>>
>> Start | Run | Type or paste: C:\WINDOWS\Help\is.chm | OK |
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>> Wes
>>
>> In news:O11ANaH4EHA.3572@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
>> MarkC <None@nospam.com> hunted and pecked:
>>> Thanks for all the URLs on Indexing, a wealth of information.
>>> Although I went to each site and read the information, I could have
>>> overlooked it. I did not find any info if the Disk Properties
>>> General Tab Indexing is related in some way to the search
>>> Indexing??? Great information learned a lot. Mark
>>>
>>>
>>> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>> news:OC946qF4EHA.3172@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>> Indexing Service
>>>>
>>
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/reskit/en-us/prkc_fil_gglv.asp
>>>>
>>>> Using Indexing Service
>>>>
>>
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/snap_idx_srv_mgmt.mspx
>>>>
>>>> Using Indexing Service
>>>>
>>
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/reskit/en-us/prde_ffs_rrlj.asp
>>>>
>>>> HOW TO: Create and Configure a Catalog for Indexing
>>>>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308202
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>>> Wes
>>>>
>>>> In news:%23AX5r673EHA.708@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl,
>>>> MarkC <None@nospam.com> hunted and pecked:
>>>>> I have XP Pro SP2 :
>>>>>
>>>>> When I search for files in Windows Explorer, I go to the search
>>>>> window. I happen to click on change preferences and saw an option
>>>>> "With or Without Indexing". I also noticed when I right click on
>>>>> the hard drive (C) and go to properties there is an option on the
>>>>> General Tab to turn on/off Indexing there also. My question is
>>>>> this: All this time I had the "C" drive properties Indexing "On",
>>>>> but the search preferences was off. To have Indexing work
>>>>> properly does both need to be turned on??? Are these one in the
>>>>> same?
>>>>>
>>>>> MarkC
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