Does Indexing Service do any good

[Guest chasgl]

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]

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]

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]

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]

RE: Does Indexing Service do any good

 

Thanks everybody. I'm shutting it off,

Chas

[Guest Gerald Ross]

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]

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]

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]

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