CISvc.exe chewing up my cpu time

[Richard]

Somehow, CISvc.exe chews up 98% of my cpu time for what to me are long
stretches of wall-clock time, especially when I only have one
foreground process actually requiring cpu time.

I tried to reduce its priority, but Windows wouldn't allow that even
though I'm running under an admin account.

What's a good way to tell it to "take a break", or place nice with
other apps? I've reduced it to manual start-up before, but my
document searches went to hell.

Thanks in Advance,
Richard

Software: WinXP-Pro/SP2, Ruby 1.8.2-15, Rails 1.1.6, Gem 0.9, MySQL
5.0.27-nt, SciTE 1.72, FireFox 2.0.0.1, IE 7.0, OE 6.0, Java 1.5.0_10,
MS Office 2003 SP2, AVG-Free 7.5.430, Prevx1 2.0.2.23, Startup Cop Pro
2.03

 

[Ron Martell]

Somehow, CISvc.exe chews up 98% of my cpu time for what to me are long
stretches of wall-clock time, especially when I only have one
foreground process actually requiring cpu time.

I tried to reduce its priority, but Windows wouldn't allow that even
though I'm running under an admin account.

What's a good way to tell it to "take a break", or place nice with
other apps? I've reduced it to manual start-up before, but my
document searches went to hell.

Thanks in Advance,
Richard

Software: WinXP-Pro/SP2, Ruby 1.8.2-15, Rails 1.1.6, Gem 0.9, MySQL
5.0.27-nt, SciTE 1.72, FireFox 2.0.0.1, IE 7.0, OE 6.0, Java 1.5.0_10,
MS Office 2003 SP2, AVG-Free 7.5.430, Prevx1 2.0.2.23, Startup Cop Pro
2.03

Use Start - Run - SERVICES.MSC
Locate the Indexing service and change it to "disabled".
Shut down and restart the computer.

Hopefully this will clear up the issue.

Indexing is not that important a service on a single PC. It is more
relevant in a network situation with multiple servers.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2008)
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Syberfix Remote Computer Repair

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

 

[Richard]

Hi Ron,

Thanks for the excellent guidance.

Use Start - Run - SERVICES.MSC

That's a very tidy way to get there: much better than clicking on
Start | Control Panel | Administrative Tools ...

Locate the Indexing service and change it to "disabled".

I'm running WinXP-Pro/SP2. I assume "Stop" is my equivalent.

Shut down and restart the computer.

I will try this approach when my system acts up again. Right now
things are running well because after posting this question I tried:
1. Start | Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs
2. Add/Remove Windows Components
3. Clicked "Indexing Service" (it was unchecked)
4. I forgot any other details
5. Rebooted
6. CISvc.exe now running around 2% as opposed to 08%

Indexing is not that important a service on a single PC. It is more
relevant in a network situation with multiple servers.

Do you have an opinion about the previous problem I was having and my
earlier solution:
1. Searches seems interminable and often failed to return .doc files
that I knew existed.
2. I started the Indexing Service and my problem went away for a while
(I'm mainly running a stand-alone system.)

So my perception is that Indexing helped greatly. Do you think that
something else might have been going on or it's simply that I believed
Indexing would help and thus had a misperception?

Again, thanks for your help,
Richard Muller
Lower 48