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How to disable the indexing service in Windows Vista
- Click: Start
- Click: Control Panel
- a. Click: Uninstall a program (if Control Panel is set to Control Panel Home)
b. Double-click: Programs and Features (if Control Panel is set to Classic View) - Click: Turn Windows features on or off
- Click: Continue
- Wait for the process to complete
- Uncheck: Indexing Service
- Click: OK
- Wait for the process to complete
- Wait some more (it really hasn’t crashed)
- Click: Restart Now