Turn off Indexing to speed up XP
Posted on June 4th, 2007 by Jason
Windows XP keeps a record of all files on the hard disk so when you do a search on the hard drive it is faster. There is a downside to this and because the computer has to index all files, it will slow down normal file commands like open, close, etc. If you do not do a whole lot of searches on your hard drive then I suggest turnning this feature off:
1. Control Panel
2. Administrative Tools
3. Services
4. Disable Indexing Services
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Blake Handler on 04 Jun 2007 at 8:33 am #
Good tip — however, if you use Microsoft’s Windows Desktop Search leave the indexing option turned on (which is used to speed-up WDS)