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sufi · February 20th, 2010, 03:28 AM

File indexing is a Windows service that like many others, is totally useless – unless you do a lot of searching on your computer. As most users don’t, it’s a good idea to disable it to speed up actions like opening and closing files and folders on your Windows XP.

To disable the Indexing Service:

Go to “My Computer” and right click on your hard drive. At the bottom of the window that opens, you should see a check box titled “Allow Indexing Service to index the disk for fast file searching.” Uncheck it.

Press OK and you’re done! Your computer should be a little faster after a restart.

February 20th, 2010, 03:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
sufi Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 60 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	How To Speed Up Your Windows XP By Disabling File Indexing File indexing is a Windows service that like many others, is totally useless – unless you do a lot of searching on your computer. As most users don’t, it’s a good idea to disable it to speed up actions like opening and closing files and folders on your Windows XP. To disable the Indexing Service: Go to “My Computer” and right click on your hard drive. At the bottom of the window that opens, you should see a check box titled “Allow Indexing Service to index the disk for fast file searching.” Uncheck it. Press OK and you’re done! Your computer should be a little faster after a restart.