We run Vista home premium on a Dell Dimension E521. Last spring our
system slowed way down--we didn't know why. We backed everything up and
reloaded the system. It worked well for about 2 months. Now the CPU is
running consistently at 100%, and we finally discovered that it is
Searchindexer.exe. We "end process" three times, and it will turn off
each time, but restarts after the first two times. By the third time, it
stays off. In Control Panel= Indexing options, it says "Indexing is not
running" even when Searchindexer is hogging all the memory. Are these
separate activities? How can we disable this annoying memory hog? Just
turn it off totally?

Thanks for any help. I've seen this problem reported in a variety of
forums, but the things suggested so far haven't worked for us.


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Wolffoley

"Wolffoley" wrote in message
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We run Vista home premium on a Dell Dimension E521. Last spring our
system slowed way down--we didn't know why. We backed everything up and
reloaded the system. It worked well for about 2 months. Now the CPU is
running consistently at 100%, and we finally discovered that it is
Searchindexer.exe. We "end process" three times, and it will turn off
each time, but restarts after the first two times. By the third time, it
stays off. In Control Panel= Indexing options, it says "Indexing is not
running" even when Searchindexer is hogging all the memory. Are these
separate activities? How can we disable this annoying memory hog? Just
turn it off totally?

Thanks for any help. I've seen this problem reported in a variety of
forums, but the things suggested so far haven't worked for us.


--
Wolffoley

A quick Google search turned this up:

"To modify Indexing Service performance
Open Computer Management.
In the console tree, click Indexing Service:Computer Management Services
and Applications Indexing Service

On the Action menu, click Stop (It may be stopped already).

On the Action menu, point to All Tasks, and then click Tune Performance.

In the Indexing Service Usage dialog box, select the option that best fits
the way Indexing Service is used on your computer.

If you selected Customize, click the Customize button and proceed to **. If
you did not select Customize, continue to ***.

** . In the Desired Performance dialog box, move the Indexing slider to Lazy
for less immediate indexing or to Instant for immediate indexing of new and
changed documents. Lazy indexing uses fewer resources; Instant indexing uses
as much of the computer's resources as it can.

Move the Querying slider to Low load if you expect to process only a few
queries at a time or to High load if you expect to process many queries at a
time. Low load uses fewer resources; high load uses more.

***Close the Desired Performance dialog box.

Close the Indexing Service Usage dialog box and restart Indexing Service."

I have the indexing service disabled on my Vista and XP PC's and have
noticed no discernable reduction in performance.

SC Tom

"Wolffoley" wrote in message
...

We run Vista home premium on a Dell Dimension E521. Last spring our
system slowed way down--we didn't know why. We backed everything up and
reloaded the system. It worked well for about 2 months. Now the CPU is
running consistently at 100%, and we finally discovered that it is
Searchindexer.exe. We "end process" three times, and it will turn off
each time, but restarts after the first two times. By the third time, it
stays off. In Control Panel= Indexing options, it says "Indexing is not
running" even when Searchindexer is hogging all the memory. Are these
separate activities? How can we disable this annoying memory hog? Just
turn it off totally?

Thanks for any help. I've seen this problem reported in a variety of
forums, but the things suggested so far haven't worked for us.


--
Wolffoley

A quick Google search turned this up:

"To modify Indexing Service performance
Open Computer Management.
In the console tree, click Indexing Service:Computer Management Services
and Applications Indexing Service

On the Action menu, click Stop (It may be stopped already).

On the Action menu, point to All Tasks, and then click Tune Performance.

In the Indexing Service Usage dialog box, select the option that best fits
the way Indexing Service is used on your computer.

If you selected Customize, click the Customize button and proceed to **. If
you did not select Customize, continue to ***.

** . In the Desired Performance dialog box, move the Indexing slider to Lazy
for less immediate indexing or to Instant for immediate indexing of new and
changed documents. Lazy indexing uses fewer resources; Instant indexing uses
as much of the computer's resources as it can.

Move the Querying slider to Low load if you expect to process only a few
queries at a time or to High load if you expect to process many queries at a
time. Low load uses fewer resources; high load uses more.

***Close the Desired Performance dialog box.

Close the Indexing Service Usage dialog box and restart Indexing Service."

I have the indexing service disabled on my Vista and XP PC's and have
noticed no discernable reduction in performance.

SC Tom

Thanks! We will try it this way and see if it works.

It is frustrating--many similar postings on various logs are greeted
with comments about how one shouldn't disable such an important feature
of Vista, or even deny that it can happen. The fact is that something
goes wrong, and the computer stops working unless it is turned off. The
messages for this problem on Vista go back two full years. Surely
Microsoft should be able to post a patch?!


--
Wolffoley

Thanks! We will try it this way and see if it works.

It is frustrating--many similar postings on various logs are greeted
with comments about how one shouldn't disable such an important feature
of Vista, or even deny that it can happen. The fact is that something
goes wrong, and the computer stops working unless it is turned off. The
messages for this problem on Vista go back two full years. Surely
Microsoft should be able to post a patch?!


--
Wolffoley

Searchindexer.exe rose from the dead, and has continued to take control
of our CPU. I don't know what reanimates it, but after a period of
non-use, the Searchindexer is always on, and CPU is always running at
100%. I can turn it off, but why should I have to do this?


--
Wolffoley

Searchindexer.exe rose from the dead, and has continued to take control
of our CPU. I don't know what reanimates it, but after a period of
non-use, the Searchindexer is always on, and CPU is always running at
100%. I can turn it off, but why should I have to do this?


--
Wolffoley

In case it helps....
In Task Manager=Services the Indexing Service "CISVC" is listed as
"Stopped."

In Control Panel= Indexing options, it says "Indexing is not running."
We don't have the ability to turn it on--it's just off, and all buttons
greyed out.

In Control Panel=Administrative tools=Services=Windows Search, I
have just set it to "Disabled" as recommended in this website 'Disable
and Turn Off Windows Vista Search Indexer and Indexing Service » My
Digital Life'
(http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/0...exing-service/)
[we did this once before, but it seems to have gone back to
"Automatic." I have disabled it again.]

I haven't yet turned off the indexing for the C and D drives from
Windows Explorer as is also described in the article above, but did turn
it off for our backup drive.


--
Wolffoley

In case it helps....
In Task Manager=Services the Indexing Service "CISVC" is listed as
"Stopped."

In Control Panel= Indexing options, it says "Indexing is not running."
We don't have the ability to turn it on--it's just off, and all buttons
greyed out.

In Control Panel=Administrative tools=Services=Windows Search, I
have just set it to "Disabled" as recommended in this website 'Disable
and Turn Off Windows Vista Search Indexer and Indexing Service » My
Digital Life'
(http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/0...exing-service/)
[we did this once before, but it seems to have gone back to
"Automatic." I have disabled it again.]

I haven't yet turned off the indexing for the C and D drives from
Windows Explorer as is also described in the article above, but did turn
it off for our backup drive.


--
Wolffoley

"Wolffoley" wrote in message
...

In case it helps....
In Task Manager=Services the Indexing Service "CISVC" is listed as
"Stopped."

In Control Panel= Indexing options, it says "Indexing is not running."
We don't have the ability to turn it on--it's just off, and all buttons
greyed out.

In Control Panel=Administrative tools=Services=Windows Search, I
have just set it to "Disabled" as recommended in this website 'Disable
and Turn Off Windows Vista Search Indexer and Indexing Service » My
Digital Life'
(http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/0...exing-service/)
[we did this once before, but it seems to have gone back to
"Automatic." I have disabled it again.]

I haven't yet turned off the indexing for the C and D drives from
Windows Explorer as is also described in the article above, but did turn
it off for our backup drive.


--
Wolffoley

Do you have Windows Search 4.0 installed? If so, go to Control Panel,
Programs and Features and uninstall it. That may take care of it. I have
that uninstalled, Windows Search service disabled, and indexing turned off
on my HDD. For searching for files, etc., I use Agent Ransack (
http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransa...aspx?page=home ), and find it to
be one of the better search engines.

SC Tom