How to disable the indexing service in Windows Vista By Drew Mathers | October 28, 2015 1 1. Click: Start 2 2. Click: Control Panel 3a 3a. Click: Uninstall a program (if Control Panel is set to Control Panel Home) 3b 3b. Double-click: Programs and Features (if Control Panel is set to Classic View) 4 4. Click: Turn Windows features on or off 5 5. Click: Continue 6 6. Wait for the process to complete 7 7. Uncheck: Indexing Service 8 8. Click: OK 9 9. Wait for the process to complete 10 10. Wait some more (it really hasn’t crashed) 11 11. Click: Restart Now 12 Posted in Supplemental