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Chxta · 04-30-2007, 11:45 AM

If there is one bloated and unnecessary service that you should immediately disable, it’s definitely the Indexing Service built into Windows XP. The idea behind it is that you can search for files more quickly if it is enabled…. but you are using Google Desktop for that, right?
The indexing service seems to eat up a lot of CPU on every machine I’ve used, especially when you have the amount of files that I’ve got. Let’s disable it.
Navigate to the Services console via Administrative Tools.
Double-click on the Indexing Service and change the startup type to disabled.
Hit the stop button if it is started, which is likely, and then hit OK.
Yet another unnecessary service (and Window$ has many) stopped!

04-30-2007, 11:45 AM	#71 (permalink)
Chxta Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: 3rd rock from the Sun Posts: 8,541 Points: 9,667.30 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 9,667.30 Donate Rep Power: 21474863	Save CPU and RAM: Disable XP's indexing service If there is one bloated and unnecessary service that you should immediately disable, it’s definitely the Indexing Service built into Windows XP. The idea behind it is that you can search for files more quickly if it is enabled…. but you are using Google Desktop for that, right? The indexing service seems to eat up a lot of CPU on every machine I’ve used, especially when you have the amount of files that I’ve got. Let’s disable it. Navigate to the Services console via Administrative Tools. Double-click on the Indexing Service and change the startup type to disabled. Hit the stop button if it is started, which is likely, and then hit OK. Yet another unnecessary service (and Window$ has many) stopped! __________________ I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.