How to disable the indexing service in Windows XP

By Drew Mathers | August 15, 2015

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1. Click: Start

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2. Click: Control Panel

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3a. Click: Add or Remove Programs (if Control Panel is set to Category View)

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3b. Click: Add or Remove Programs (if Control Panel is set to Classic View)

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4. Click: Add/Remove Windows Components

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5. Uncheck: [ ] Indexing Service

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6. Click: [Next >]

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7. Click: Finish

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