What is the proper way to stop the indexing servce ?

[Guest dave xnet]

Hello, I'm wondering what the proper way is,

I've seen recommendations on disabling the service and uninstalling

from Add/Remove programs (Windows components).

 

Today I looked in control panel/Admin tools/computer mgmt/

services and applications/ (right click) indexing service/

All tasks/ Tune performance/ Never used.

 

When I did this, it asked me if I really wanted to do it,

and when I confirmed it said it was now disabled.

 

A few minutes later, I checked this setting, and it had reset

itself to "used often" - so I don't know what is going on there.

 

Secondly, after the indexing is stopped, (for good hopefully)

is there any cleanup to be done?

Catalog files ?

[Guest db ´¯`·.. >]

Re: What is the proper way to stop the indexing servce ?

 

the proper way is

to turn it off via

admin tools, services.

 

in regards to the

indexes, i wouldn't

delete them but if

you did, they would

be rebuilt when the

indexing service was

turned back on.

 

keep in mind, that

windows indexing

may not be the only

thing installed on your

pc that is indexing as

well.

 

however, turning off

the windows version

is a good start to figuring

out what has gained your

interest.

 

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db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>

 

"dave xnet" <davexnet02DEL@ETEyahoo.com> wrote in message

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> Hello, I'm wondering what the proper way is,

> I've seen recommendations on disabling the service and uninstalling

> from Add/Remove programs (Windows components).

>

> Today I looked in control panel/Admin tools/computer mgmt/

> services and applications/ (right click) indexing service/

> All tasks/ Tune performance/ Never used.

>

> When I did this, it asked me if I really wanted to do it,

> and when I confirmed it said it was now disabled.

>

> A few minutes later, I checked this setting, and it had reset

> itself to "used often" - so I don't know what is going on there.

>

> Secondly, after the indexing is stopped, (for good hopefully)

> is there any cleanup to be done?

> Catalog files ?

[Guest PD43]

Re: What is the proper way to stop the indexing servce ?

 

dave xnet <davexnet02DEL@ETEyahoo.com> wrote:

>Hello, I'm wondering what the proper way is,

>I've seen recommendations on disabling the service and uninstalling

>from Add/Remove programs (Windows components).

 

Disable it for every drive in your system using the option that is

available when you right-click on each drive listed in "My Computer"

and select "Properties"

[Guest dave xnet]

Re: What is the proper way to stop the indexing servce ?

 

On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 14:41:07 -0600, db ´¯`·.. ><)))º>` .. .

<databaseben.public.newsgroup.microsoft.com> wrote:

>the proper way is

>to turn it off via

>admin tools, services.

>

>in regards to the

>indexes, i wouldn't

>delete them but if

>you did, they would

>be rebuilt when the

>indexing service was

>turned back on.

>

>keep in mind, that

>windows indexing

>may not be the only

>thing installed on your

>pc that is indexing as

>well.

>

>however, turning off

>the windows version

>is a good start to figuring

>out what has gained your

>interest.

 

Thanks for the info.

I've got a dual boot, two installs of XP PRO SP2,

on one system the service was set to "auto",

while on the other one it was "manual"

 

On the system where it was manual, I'm not aware of it running

recently, although I can't swear on it. I did a check on

http://www.ss64.com/ntsyntax/services.html which mentioned

the default status was manual. If that's the case, what actions cause

it to kick off ?

 

I don't use the Windows search tool, instead I use Agent Ransack,

perhaps that's a factor.

[Guest dave xnet]

Re: What is the proper way to stop the indexing servce ?

 

On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:53:05 -0600, PD43 <pauld1943@comcast.net>

wrote:

>dave xnet <davexnet02DEL@ETEyahoo.com> wrote:

>

>>Hello, I'm wondering what the proper way is,

>>I've seen recommendations on disabling the service and uninstalling

>>from Add/Remove programs (Windows components).

>

>Disable it for every drive in your system using the option that is

>available when you right-click on each drive listed in "My Computer"

>and select "Properties"

I tried that but, then it said it was writing some attribute to each

of the files on the partition. Wasn't sure what that was about so I

interrupted it.

 

Does it actually have to set a flag in each file making it exempt

from indexing? What happens when you add new files?

[Guest PD43]

Re: What is the proper way to stop the indexing servce ?

 

dave xnet <davexnet02DEL@ETEyahoo.com> wrote:

>>Disable it for every drive in your system using the option that is

>>available when you right-click on each drive listed in "My Computer"

>>and select "Properties"

>

>I tried that but, then it said it was writing some attribute to each

>of the files on the partition. Wasn't sure what that was about so I

>interrupted it.

>

>Does it actually have to set a flag in each file making it exempt

>from indexing? What happens when you add new files?

 

When you disable Indexing, it has to erase all of the index files it

made.

 

Be patient and let it happen.

[Guest DbB]

Re: What is the proper way to stop the indexing servce ?

 

well, i would set them

both to "disable", at least

for a couple of days.

 

having a third party

indexing service may

be adding some grief

to your system.

 

i'm not really sure when

indexing kicks in automatically

or manually. however,

in some cases windows

performance greatly

improves with the

indexing disabled.

 

here is some more info

on the subject:

 

http://search.microsoft.com/results.aspx?mkt=en-US&form=MSHOME&setlang=en-US&q=indexing+service

 

 

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"dave xnet" wrote:

> On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 14:41:07 -0600, db ´¯`·.. ><)))º>` .. .

> <databaseben.public.newsgroup.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

> >the proper way is

> >to turn it off via

> >admin tools, services.

> >

> >in regards to the

> >indexes, i wouldn't

> >delete them but if

> >you did, they would

> >be rebuilt when the

> >indexing service was

> >turned back on.

> >

> >keep in mind, that

> >windows indexing

> >may not be the only

> >thing installed on your

> >pc that is indexing as

> >well.

> >

> >however, turning off

> >the windows version

> >is a good start to figuring

> >out what has gained your

> >interest.

>

> Thanks for the info.

> I've got a dual boot, two installs of XP PRO SP2,

> on one system the service was set to "auto",

> while on the other one it was "manual"

>

> On the system where it was manual, I'm not aware of it running

> recently, although I can't swear on it. I did a check on

> http://www.ss64.com/ntsyntax/services.html which mentioned

> the default status was manual. If that's the case, what actions cause

> it to kick off ?

>

> I don't use the Windows search tool, instead I use Agent Ransack,

> perhaps that's a factor.

>