MikeBCda
January 18th, 2005, 02:03 PM
Hi all,
The question of possibly disabling indexing to increase security was raised a while back in some forum here, but a search under "indexing" left me stumped. I did find one totally unrelated advantage of turning off indexing, though.
When I unticked "Permit indexing" (two different places), I found that shutdown of my XP Home system is much faster now. I have to assume that part of a "standard" shutdown includes a last-minute update of the indexes.
And no ill effects so far -- anytime I'm doing a search, it's strictly by filename (with or without wildcards), and that's as good as it ever was. I never searched by content, and as I understand it that's the main area where indexing helps.
Oddly, Chkdsk still does verify index integrity as part of its routine, and that's still the longest part of a Chkdsk file-check run.
If someone happens to remember where that other thread was, about indexing, they're welcome to add a link to this one, or even quote this one there.
Best to all,
Mike
The question of possibly disabling indexing to increase security was raised a while back in some forum here, but a search under "indexing" left me stumped. I did find one totally unrelated advantage of turning off indexing, though.
When I unticked "Permit indexing" (two different places), I found that shutdown of my XP Home system is much faster now. I have to assume that part of a "standard" shutdown includes a last-minute update of the indexes.
And no ill effects so far -- anytime I'm doing a search, it's strictly by filename (with or without wildcards), and that's as good as it ever was. I never searched by content, and as I understand it that's the main area where indexing helps.
Oddly, Chkdsk still does verify index integrity as part of its routine, and that's still the longest part of a Chkdsk file-check run.
If someone happens to remember where that other thread was, about indexing, they're welcome to add a link to this one, or even quote this one there.
Best to all,
Mike