For example, Auslogics Task Manager displays running programs, processes, services, shows you which files are locked by other files, and allows you to unlock them. In addition to that, you can view properties for each process to find out which application is running it, view security rating for each process and look it up on FileInspect.
And it also displays network usage by each process, which is great for identifying malware. Process Explorer allows you to expand process trees and view which services are part of which process. This is especially handy when you are researching a process like svchost. This approach is a lot better and safer than killing the process in the Task Manager. Here is how you can kill a process in the Task Manager:.
Indexing is one of those Microsoft features that is good in theory and not so good when the theory is tested by everyday life. The indexing feature was designed to speed up Windows search. Basically, it indexes all files and folders on your hard drive, so that the indexes can be used to find files and folders more quickly when the need arises. Unfortunately, the indexing feature is not perfect. This causes your hard drive to start making noises and slows everything down. Disabling indexing is easy.
You can simply right-click on your hard drive in My Computer , go to Properties and uncheck Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file searching in Windows XP or Allow files on this drive to have contents indexed in addition to file properties in Windows 7.
If you are running Windows 7, you can choose to adjust indexing options. Here is how you can configure indexing on a Windows 7 computer:.
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Spin the Lucky Wheel to win cool prizes or discounts. Products BoostSpeed. Disk Defrag. Registry Cleaner. Video Grabber. In reply to Deepak Maheshwari's post on March 12, Right click on the hard drive to disable indexing i.
Select Properties on the contextual menu. Untick unselect the check box for Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file searching option. Click OK, and wait for the index removal process to complete, which may take a few minutes. Repeat the steps for other hard drives if applicable. Alternatively, type services. Scroll down and locate Indexing Service service, and then double click on it.
After, click OK. Take note that there may be multiple Users folders, so make sure you find the one that is ticked. You can take it further by clicking the drop down arrow on the Users folder and unticking individual folders.
This could be useful, for example, if you visit my documents a lot, but rarely touch the other folders. We need to go through Microsoft Outlook instead. So, open Outlook, then click File — Options. In the Options page, click the Search tab on the left and then click on the blue highlighted Indexing Options… button.
To turn off Outlook search indexing, first click Microsoft Outlook in the list to highlight it. Next, click Modify and then click the tick box in the new window to untick it.
Finally, click OK. If you want to turn off Windows search indexing for specific drives, you can do so with a different process. On the General tab, click to uncheck Allow files on this drive to have contents indexed in addition to file properties at the bottom.
Disable performance counters Optimize your internet connection Remove windows fonts Disabling indexing service Turning off system restore Speed up boot sequence Disable unnecessary services Setting manual IP addresses. We're a friendly, industry-focused community of developers, IT pros, digital marketers, and technology enthusiasts meeting, learning, and sharing knowledge. You're trying to visit a URL that doesn't currently exist on the web. Most likely, a member posted a link a long time ago to a web page that has since been removed.
It's also possible that there was a typo when posting the URL. We redirect you to this notice instead of stripping out the link to preserve the integrity of the post. I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful: Turn Off Indexing to Speed Up XP 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.
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