How to Turn off Windows Search Indexing

Windows Vista search indexing is constantly reviewing files on your system to make their contents available for quick searching.

This is handy, but can severely impact system performance.

To disable constant indexing:

􀁺 Click Start then Computer

􀁺 Right Click the C: Drive

􀁺 On General Tab, Uncheck Index this drive for faster searching

􀁺 On the subsequent dialog box, Select Include subfolders and files