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Indexing?
Hi,
Care to share how to disable indexing, since want better performance from old lap with only 4 gigs of memory, with a WEI of 5.7?
Thanks.
Hi,
Care to share how to disable indexing, since want better performance from old lap with only 4 gigs of memory, with a WEI of 5.7?
Thanks.
See if this tutorial helps:
Index - Enable or Disable
Thanks DavidE for posting the link. :)
Hope it shall further improve performance, plus I as a noob find no use of this service/utility.
Hi,
Now that you have an ssd you might give this a read
SSD Tweaks and Optimizations in Windows 7
Samsung ssd make it easy to do this stuff since it has Samsung magician that has preset options to choose from.
Thanks mentor for posting the link, shall give it a read.
Cheers!
Basically I have Indexing disabled by Option 1 - disabling the service.
That turns it off completely.
Option 2 turns it off per drive, so it could still run if any drive isn't turned off.
It depends on how, where, and what you search for what would be best for you.
I mostly use File Locator Lite for searches, and it doesn't use indexing.
I've had indexing disabled for many years and it hasn't caused any problems for me.
Actually on Win 7 I disabled it before i knew about SF and the tutorials.
I turned off indexing in Programs and Features, been running like that for apx. 7 years.
Thanks DavidE,
I have a few questions:
1. Disabled Windows search service as shown in option 1.
2. Still see indexing on drive checked.....should I uncheck that too as in option 2.
Would the automatic daily check for updates be stopped too, and check for MS updates has to be done manually, after disabling indexing?
Thanks.
Edit:
Do I need to uncheck Indexing in Windows features, as posted in your screenshot?
How do you see this.....performance options......any recommendations?
Thanks.
In Windows features Indexing was already turned off....