Windows Features - Turn On or Off

Hopalong X said:

Brink

Indexing Service.
Do you know if it is to be checked or unchecked?
Mine is unchecked always has been as far as I know but I'm unsure what it does. Something to do with Windows Explorer I'm guessing?
Couldn't find any info here on the forum though it may be here.

If your not sure that is okay.
I'll do some looking around MS tomorrow.

Mike

Hello Mike,

The Indexing Service in Windows Features is not for the same Index that is used in Windows 7. Instead it's for backwards compatibility. Here's some more information on it: :)

The Indexing Service (Cisvc.exe) used in previous Windows platforms is still available in Windows 7 and Windows Vista as an optional feature that administrators can turn on in Windows Features if needed.

The main reason enterprises might need to enable the previous Indexing Service would be for application compatibility reasons. For example, if enterprises develop applications that depend on Cisvc.exe, they can enable this service to support those applications. The Microsoft Office Visio shape-finding process also uses Cisvc.exe to index shapes. Therefore, if you need to search for shapes quickly in Office or Office Visio on some computers, you can enable Cisvc.exe on those computers.

Note Microsoft does not recommend running the older Indexing Service on computers running Windows 7 unless you have a compelling need to do so. The Indexing Service will likely be removed in a future version of Windows.

Thanks Brink.

I'll leave it unchecked.

Mike

Someone was having a problem in the last couple of weeks matching search between W7 and XP on two PC's. I don't think they ever found a solution.

I know where it is for next time.

You're welcome Mike. :)

You're most welcome Spiral Pasta. :)

Hello Umut, and welcome to Seven Forums.

You can get a brief general description of a listed Windows Feature by hovering the mouse pointer on it. For a more detailed description, you would unfortunately need to Google it or create a post here asking about a specific item. :)

Hope this helps some,
Shawn

You're welcome. Just let us know if you have a question about a specific one. It's just to much info to post for all of them :)