View Tutorial Your computer ships with an indexing service that keeps track of all the files on your system, this in turn makes searches a lot easier. The problem is that the built in search function in Windows XP is not the most efficient, so if you really want that service you can install Yahoo! Desktop search, Google Desktop, or MSN Desktop. In the meantime XP’s indexing services is hogging your computers valuable resources, so the best option is to disable it and gain those precious resources. Follow the steps in this tutorial to disable the Windows XP indexing service.

1. Go to ‘Start > Control Panel’

2. Double-click on ‘Add/Remove Programs’

3. Click the ‘Add/Remove Windows Components’ button

4. Uncheck the ‘Indexing Services’

5. Click ‘Next’ and you’re done!

Article posted on 03 28th, 2006

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