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World Infromation / Blog : No.10251 : Turn off indexing and speed up Windows XP
In Reply to: Computers and Internet posted by on June 29, 2011 at 09:40:16:
Turn off indexing and speed up Windows XP
By default Windows XP indexes files on your hard drive and stores them in memory to speed up its' built-in search. But if you rarely use Windows search, turn off indexing to free up memory and CPU horsepower for the files and applications you actually do use. A few simple how-to steps after the jump.
To turn off indexing:
Open up My Computer.
Right-click on your hard drive (usually C:) and choose Properties.
Uncheck the box at the bottom that reads Allow Indexing Service to...
Click OK, and files will be removed from memory. This removal may take a few minutes to complete.
To disable the indexing service:
In the Start menu, choose Run.
Type services.msc and press Enter.
Scroll-down to Indexing Service and double-click it.
If the service status is Running, then stop it by pressing the Stop button.
To make sure this service doesn't run again, under Startup Type:, choose Disabled.
Windows search will still work