Solved Indexing?

[Alexey2912]

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.

 

[DavidE]

See if this tutorial helps:
Index - Enable or Disable

 

[Alexey2912]

Thanks DavidE for posting the link.

Hope it shall further improve performance, plus I as a noob find no use of this service/utility.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Now that you have an ssd you might give this a read
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/70822-ssd-tweaks-optimizations-windows-7-a.html

Samsung ssd make it easy to do this stuff since it has Samsung magician that has preset options to choose from.

 

[Alexey2912]

Thanks mentor for posting the link, shall give it a read.

Cheers!

 

[Alexey2912]

See if this tutorial helps:
Index - Enable or Disable

David, which of the 2 options would you recommend to disable it, as shown in the link?

Thanks.

 

[DavidE]

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.

 

[Alexey2912]

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?

 

[Alexey2912]

How do you see this.....performance options......any recommendations?

Thanks.

 

[Alexey2912]

In Windows features Indexing was already turned off....

 

[DavidE]

2. Still see indexing on drive checked.....should I uncheck that too as in option 2.

I don't think that setting matters if indexing is disabled.
You can uncheck it if you prefer.

Would the automatic daily check for updates be stopped too, and check for MS updates has to be done manually, after disabling indexing?

No, automatic daily check for updates still runs if indexing is disabled.

 

[Alexey2912]

See if this tutorial helps:
Index - Enable or Disable

Hi DavidE, hope you are good.

I have a question to which you replied earlier.

When indexing is unchecked from the C active drive, should/can it be unchecked from System reserved partition too?

Thanks.

 

[DavidE]

When indexing is unchecked from the C active drive, should/can it be unchecked from System reserved partition too?

I don't think that setting matters if indexing is disabled.
You can uncheck it if you prefer.

 

[Alexey2912]

Thanks for replying!

 

[Alexey2912]

Hi DavidE,

I unchecked indexing, on both SR, and C active partition, using option #2.

On reboot I see Search service running.

Do I need to turn that from Manual to Disabled.. As in option #1?

If kept on stopped and Manual, it starts to run on reboot.

Any other features relating to indexing, that need to be unchecked?

Performed it on a clean install of W7 only, after having taken the 1st full backup, as recommended by ThrashZone.

Hoping to hear from you.

Thanks.

 

[DavidE]

On reboot I see Search service running.
Do I need to turn that from Manual to Disabled.. As in option #1?

Any other features relating to indexing, that need to be unchecked?

Yes, set the Windows Search service to disabled.
That's the only setting i know that you need to do.

 

[Alexey2912]

Thanks, appreciate your prompt, expert response!

Have a great day!