Comments on: Turn Off Windows Search’s Index

By: Brent Trahan

Brent Trahan — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:12:03 +0000

Sorry about the misleading title. If you want to completely get rid of the Windows Search engine see: http://maximumpcguides.com/windows-7/uninstall-windows-search/

Ken Knopfli — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:57:57 +0000

Ah excellent! In Vista, all I got was “Indexing is a GOOD THING. You cannot turn it off.”

Thank you.

Adam — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:49:41 +0000

Yes, start -> run -> services.msc

Look for Windows Search and set it to disabled

Ken Knopfli — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:48:37 +0000

The title is misleading.

What I want to know is, how can I turn off the indexer entirely? Can I prevent the process being loaded on startup, for example?