Guest chasgl Posted August 4, 2008 Posted August 4, 2008 I don't want to sound like a basher but I just can't imagine it does any good. Any time I search explorer still crawls though the disk one folder at a time. But I am still a little afraid ot kill it so I'm asking if it ever does anything good. My desire to kill it comes from my belief that it is one of the reasons (clearly not the only) XP sometimes goes so S_L_O_W. Task manager at those times shows usage at 100% and explorer at 95% to 99%. Any thoughts? Thanks, Chas
Guest Thee Chicago Wolf Posted August 4, 2008 Posted August 4, 2008 Re: Does Indexing Service do any good >I don't want to sound like a basher but I just can't imagine it does any >good. Any time I search explorer still crawls though the disk one folder at >a time. But I am still a little afraid ot kill it so I'm asking if it ever >does anything good. >My desire to kill it comes from my belief that it is one of the reasons >(clearly not the only) XP sometimes goes so S_L_O_W. Task manager at those >times shows usage at 100% and explorer at 95% to 99%. >Any thoughts? >Thanks, >Chas It's worthless. You can disable it. - Thee Chicago Wolf
Guest Anteaus Posted August 4, 2008 Posted August 4, 2008 RE: Does Indexing Service do any good Did some tests a while back with XP clients and an NT4 server. The issue was that the server had a very large file-collection, and opening Explorer windows onto this took too long. Findings were that the client Indexing service was of no help at all, it just caused additional overhead on the client processors but for no advantage. Upgrading the server hardware and OS solved the issue. Not sure if the OS or hardware upgrade made the key difference, as the two went-in together. A quick test of running the Indexing service on the new server itself again suggested no real advantage but a waste of processor time, so it was turned off. "chasgl" wrote: > I don't want to sound like a basher but I just can't imagine it does any > good. Any time I search explorer still crawls though the disk one folder at > a time. But I am still a little afraid ot kill it so I'm asking if it ever > does anything good. > My desire to kill it comes from my belief that it is one of the reasons > (clearly not the only) XP sometimes goes so S_L_O_W. Task manager at those > times shows usage at 100% and explorer at 95% to 99%. > Any thoughts? > Thanks, > Chas
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted August 4, 2008 Posted August 4, 2008 Re: Does Indexing Service do any good "chasgl" <chasgl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D8E77D25-77DB-4011-A340-670A6F0CC174@microsoft.com... >I don't want to sound like a basher but I just can't imagine it does any > good. Any time I search explorer still crawls though the disk one folder > at > a time. But I am still a little afraid ot kill it so I'm asking if it > ever > does anything good. > My desire to kill it comes from my belief that it is one of the reasons > (clearly not the only) XP sometimes goes so S_L_O_W. Task manager at > those > times shows usage at 100% and explorer at 95% to 99%. > Any thoughts? > Thanks, > Chas I will instead answer that I never use the Windows search tools; they just aren't fast enough for me. Instead, I use the excellent, free Agent Ransack. It's fast and does not require indexing. http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/ HTH -pk
Guest chasgl Posted August 4, 2008 Posted August 4, 2008 RE: Does Indexing Service do any good Thanks everybody. I'm shutting it off, Chas
Guest Gerald Ross Posted August 9, 2008 Posted August 9, 2008 Re: Does Indexing Service do any good chasgl wrote: > I don't want to sound like a basher but I just can't imagine it does any > good. Any time I search explorer still crawls though the disk one folder at > a time. But I am still a little afraid ot kill it so I'm asking if it ever > does anything good. > My desire to kill it comes from my belief that it is one of the reasons > (clearly not the only) XP sometimes goes so S_L_O_W. Task manager at those > times shows usage at 100% and explorer at 95% to 99%. > Any thoughts? > Thanks, > Chas Here is the single use for it in my experience: I use WordPerfect 9. If I want to insert a .jpg graphic in a document while not using indexing service, an error message pops up [use of this format is not supported]. If I turn on indexing service it automatically converts and inserts the .jpg file. -- Gerald Ross Cochran, GA A flashlight is a case for holding dead batteries.
Guest Thee Chicago Wolf Posted August 10, 2008 Posted August 10, 2008 Re: Does Indexing Service do any good >Here is the single use for it in my experience: I use WordPerfect 9. >If I want to insert a .jpg graphic in a document while not using >indexing service, an error message pops up [use of this format is not >supported]. If I turn on indexing service it automatically converts >and inserts the .jpg file. Out of curiosity, have you already applied Service Pack 1, 2, or 3 and any other related updates to WP9? http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Content/1153321224268?pid=1208716793655 - Thee Chicago Wolf
Guest Gerald Ross Posted August 10, 2008 Posted August 10, 2008 Re: Does Indexing Service do any good Thee Chicago Wolf wrote: >>Here is the single use for it in my experience: I use WordPerfect 9. >>If I want to insert a .jpg graphic in a document while not using >>indexing service, an error message pops up [use of this format is not >>supported]. If I turn on indexing service it automatically converts >>and inserts the .jpg file. > > Out of curiosity, have you already applied Service Pack 1, 2, or 3 and > any other related updates to WP9? > http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Content/1153321224268?pid=1208716793655 > > - Thee Chicago Wolf It has always done this way. I found it by accident. Yes, SP1, SP2, SP3 and All updates to WP9. By messing around with it, I found that it is only necessary to have indexing service on the directory (folder) containing the .jpg files. Weird. -- Gerald Ross Cochran, GA A friend in need is someone to avoid.
Guest Thee Chicago Wolf Posted August 11, 2008 Posted August 11, 2008 Re: Does Indexing Service do any good >It has always done this way. I found it by accident. Yes, SP1, SP2, >SP3 and All updates to WP9. By messing around with it, I found that >it is only necessary to have indexing service on the directory >(folder) containing the .jpg files. Weird. Yes, that is odd to have to have it only on the directory where there's jpg files. It almost sounds like WP9 has a proprietary component in it or something. Sorry I couldn't help more. - Thee Chicago Wolf
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