Why can't we stop SearchIndexer.exe?

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Jim Hubbard

When playing online games (or performing other intense activities like video
editing) it can really screw up the whole experience.

I don't like not being on control of what my PC is doing. It feels like I
am along for the ride instead of driving as I should be.

The human should always get what it wants - not be the slave of the machine.
 
You are in control of the computer ... you just have to do things a certain
way :).

You have to disable the windows search service from the services mmc (you
can click start and type services to access it).


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- JB
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#1 You can disable the service from the Computer Management Console if you
really want to, but don't do this.

#2 If you are running a game, Vista turns off the search indexer
automatically. And with other applications it runs in a low priority, the
only performance bottleneck you will notice is the HD usage.

#3 Most importantly, once Vista's search indexer gets your computer indexed
it very seldom has to run and consumes virtually no performance from your
computer. So the first couple of days while it is organizing your computer,
it will run more often, but after that, the only time it runs is when there
are changes to your documents or email, and the performance it consumes is
virtually none at that point.

So let it get your computer indexed, and then forget about it.
 
Dear NetAvenger,

I disagree with you point #3. I bought a brand new HP computer 2 months ago
and my HD is constantly turning on for 20 minute straight intervals with
about 10 minute breaks in between - each time I open up the Reliability and
Performance Monitor and it is searchindexer.exe! That is overkill, and all
i'm doing is surfing the web and making documents for schoolwork. I admit,
it is possible that my pc is screwed up, but to be honest this is my 3rd
computer that I have bought with Vista (i actually returned the previous 2
because the HD's would not shut off!, and I thought it was due to some
defect: NOPE, just Vista hard at work). So now I decided to just accept the
HD issue and turn off indexer, and it is working GREAT!

Indexer may do good things, but if my HD has to be constantly on and making
the geiger counter noise about 3 feet from my face ALL DAY LONG it isn't
worth it.

So, to anyone else who wants to shut it off completely here are the steps:

Click Start
Click Conrol Panel
Click System and Maintenance
Click Administrative Tools
Double click Services
If asked, click Continue
Scroll down to and Right Click Windows Search
Select DISABLE

YOU ARE FREE!!!
 
If you kill the Windows Search service, then you miss out on one of the best
new features in Vista.

You shouldn't be seeing excessive CPU usage with SearchIndexer.exe, since by
default it's configured to reduce its activity as you use the machine. If
you are then this suggests to me that your index / catalog has become
corrupted.
 
Under normal scenarios SearchIndexer.exe shouldn't be appearing in the
Reliability and Performance Monitor. If you can look in Problem Reports and
Solutions and get the "Bucket Id" for any of these crashes I can take a look
at them in our internal database ...

Dave
 
Searchindexer.exe definately has something go wrong with it occasionally. I
have had my system for several weeks now and two days ago it suddenly went
haywire. I was unable to delete anything and the process was running at 100%.
I left it on overnight to see if it would finish up but it never did. When I
disabled the service I was able to delete things again...wierd. I suspect
eventually someone will find there is a strange combination of events that
causes the service to get confused.

For now, its disabled (for the record I have not had a need for it yet, the
virtual views and stuff, I have not change my way of doing things enough to
have a use for them yet.)

Mark Butler
 
The MS people are clueless about the problems with their software..
that guy that you are replying to is from MS
 
You can right click on a folder and make changes to the indexer there to not
index the folder and it sets all files in the folder and folder to not
index.
 
So far, I've only been able to stop it with a good firewall. A firewall
because SearchIndexer.exe attempts to access the internet.
Click to expand...

It's not running here, but I have search and indexing turned OFF.
 
Do some research before posting this fake information, SeachIndexer does not
do what you have just stated.
 
samgoober said:
Better yet, grab an opensuse 11.1 CD.....
Click to expand...

If you're going to do that then try the Live CD first - Opensuse has far
less in-built printer support than other distros...
 
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