turning off indexing

Hi, when i installed vista i found that it was deadly slow...I turned off the indexing and now it flys! not sure if you all know this but just wanted to give my experience with this.
John

If you don't mind, I would like how you did that. VIsta is really slow for me too and I am getting sick of it.
"John Lait" wrote in message

Hi, when i installed vista i found that it was deadly slow...I turned off the indexing and now it flys! not sure if you all know this but just wanted to give my experience with this.
John

Please explain how you did this.
I already removed it from the list of startup applications, I can't access "adjust my indexing options," and from Windows Defender I don't have the option to end task, and can't find it in Task Manager, even by trying to identify it's Process ID - however, Defender DOES identify it as a currently running program.
Thanks in advance - I tried to disable indexing yesterday, but couldn't and forgot about it until I saw this thread =]

"John Lait" wrote:

Hi, when i installed vista i found that it was deadly slow...I turned off the indexing and now it flys! not sure if you all know this but just wanted to give my experience with this.
John

Indexing is quite a hog at first, especially when you're constantly installing new applications, etc. But once you've settled and are into using the machine normally the indexer plays much less a role. If you're making constant changes to the file system on a daily basis then it will always be a little rough and the slower the computer the longer the index can take.
I'm not sure what the effect is besides slower searches but if that's all no big deal. I'm sure someone more in the know can elucidate on this point.
"Yasu Suzuki" wrote in message

If you don't mind, I would like how you did that. VIsta is really slow for me too and I am getting sick of it.
"John Lait" wrote in message Hi, when i installed vista i found that it was deadly slow...I turned off the indexing and now it flys! not sure if you all know this but just wanted to give my experience with this.
John

Hi Yasu :-)

If you don't mind, I would like how you did that. VIsta is really slow for me too and I am getting sick of it.

You don't mention the version of Vista are you testing, but, some versions have been known to run much slower than others.
Jan :)

"John Lait" wrote in message Hi, when i installed vista i found that it was deadly slow...I turned off the indexing and now it flys! not sure if you all know this but just wanted to give my experience with this.
John

To turn off indexing, go to computer, right click your C drive, left click properties. At the bottom of the properties box you will see a box to enable or disable indexing on the drive. Remove the check mark and apply to all files and sub folders. If you get errors on some files click the ignore button. It does take a few minutes to turn off. Hope this helps....
John
"MyDisplayNameisG" wrote:

Please explain how you did this.
I already removed it from the list of startup applications, I can't access "adjust my indexing options," and from Windows Defender I don't have the option to end task, and can't find it in Task Manager, even by trying to identify it's Process ID - however, Defender DOES identify it as a currently running program.
Thanks in advance - I tried to disable indexing yesterday, but couldn't and forgot about it until I saw this thread =]

"John Lait" wrote:
Hi, when i installed vista i found that it was deadly slow...I turned off the indexing and now it flys! not sure if you all know this but just wanted to give my experience with this.
John

I did exactly that but every time windows starts in the System performance rating I'm still getting that Microsoft indexer is causing a slow boot. any ideas how to remove this? It helped a lot in the perfomance of the pc but still needs working.
Im working in a P4 2.8Ghz 1GB ram and 300GB sata hard drive, Haven't conected my other hard drives, or any software and drivers.
"JSFL2" wrote:

To turn off indexing, go to computer, right click your C drive, left click properties. At the bottom of the properties box you will see a box to enable or disable indexing on the drive. Remove the check mark and apply to all files and sub folders. If you get errors on some files click the ignore button. It does take a few minutes to turn off. Hope this helps....
John
"MyDisplayNameisG" wrote:
Please explain how you did this.
I already removed it from the list of startup applications, I can't access "adjust my indexing options," and from Windows Defender I don't have the option to end task, and can't find it in Task Manager, even by trying to identify it's Process ID - however, Defender DOES identify it as a currently running program.
Thanks in advance - I tried to disable indexing yesterday, but couldn't and forgot about it until I saw this thread =]

"John Lait" wrote:
Hi, when i installed vista i found that it was deadly slow...I turned off the indexing and now it flys! not sure if you all know this but just wanted to give my experience with this.
John