Windows 7 - Search Indexing

cmdryker · 09-28-2009

That's one bad to the bone search engine:

Here's what ya do: go to control panel---uninstall programs---over left side turn windows features of and on,,,,, in there you remove IE8 ,, media players , search all you want to, bout only thing got left in there is print service,, lol,,,, maybe one or two others..

Hope this helped

cbleman · 09-28-2009

Disabling the indexing service seems to KILL the search feature. I don't mind if searches take longer with indexing turned off, but when I disable indexing, search will not.
I tried clearing all the boxes in the indexing option, but indexing was still being done on my machine, and I don't know why.

Brink · 09-28-2009

Cbleman,

When you disable the Windows Search service to disable the index, you can still do a search in Windows Explorer just not in Libraries.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

TheLostOne · 09-28-2009

Where does the indexing service save database so I can check how big it is?

cbleman · 10-02-2009

Brink: Thanks for the answer. I had a file tucked away on my hard drive that search didn't locate for me after I turned off indexing. I didn't try turning it back on and try again. I did however know what directory it was in, and scrolled down the directory to find it. Perhaps I typo'd the thing when I searched. When I get a chance I'll restore the indexing and try again. Now I owe you another response.
Is indexing supposed to continue with all the Index boxes unchecked?

Brink · 10-02-2009

You're welcome Cbleman. The index will continue to run and update only the included locations. However, I suspect that the only true way to stop the index from ever running is to disable the Windows Search service, even if you have no included locations.

swarfega · 10-03-2009

My own preference is to relocate indexing off c: drive rather than disable it.

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Windows 7 - Search Indexing

Search Indexing problems?