How to disable the indexing service in Windows XP By Drew Mathers | August 15, 2015 1 1. Click: Start 2 2. Click: Control Panel 3a 3a. Click: Add or Remove Programs (if Control Panel is set to Category View) 3b 3b. Click: Add or Remove Programs (if Control Panel is set to Classic View) 4 4. Click: Add/Remove Windows Components 5 5. Uncheck: [ ] Indexing Service 6 6. Click: [Next >] 7 7. Click: Finish Posted in Supplemental