W7HP Indexing

[jefboyardee]

Came from XP and don

 

[SiempreTuna]

Other way around for me: file indexing used to be the bane of my life on XP and I wound up turning it off. On Win7, I've never really noticed it - possibly not un-related to the fact my Win7 machine is (according to Moore's law) roughly 10x faster than my old one

 

[jefboyardee]

Me too. Tried it all sorts of ways and decided what you did. Not sure what the point of it is.

 

[kate]

Not sure what the point of it is.

I believe the main feature is instant hard drive searches. Without indexing a search takes time, but you get immediate results when file indexing is on.

 

[jefboyardee]

That’s what I thought too, and when I first disabled it, things slowed to a crawl, making me believe that it must be true. But after having it off for a few weeks, things are quite the same as before I started goofing with it. Then again, I’m only using about forty gigs.

 

[Rukbat]

Indexing is one of those Microsoft "hey, isn't this a neat idea - if we could only get it working" things. Even though they announce AI decades ago, I still don't expect answers from my computer when I ask it questions.

 

[jefboyardee]

That answer will suffice quite well and it sounds just like something Mr. Bill would do.

 

[PaulS]

I've got my indexing off in both WinXP and Win7 on this Lenovo and no speed problems.I use the winXP more but only because the specs on this notebook are a bit low for Win7.
I've never liked,"Windows Search" so use the free version of,"Ultra Search",

UltraSearch - Freeware for Ultra-Fast File Search

tip:Make a short cut on the Desktop/Right click/properties and in the Short-cut key I use F9.I can then access searching from the F9 key

I also use Jam Software's Treesize which is useful for finding overlooked large files that can be deleted and I've just noticed they have an,"App" version as well

 

[jefboyardee]

I’ve been using Total Commander on my PC for over a decade and on my droids for several years. That’s what made me curious about the virtues of indexing; Commander’s speed was not affected either way.

 

[jefboyardee]

Similar topic: taking further advice from complete strangers, I turned off Superfetch to see if it trimmed memory, by doing:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SessionManager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters"
Right-click on both EnablePrefetcher and EnableSuperfetch
Select Modify on each of these to change the value from 1 (or 3) to 0

So far, nothing seems any different; same memory used, same pokey launch times with one gig... yay or nay?

 

[PaulS]

I've found no advantage disabling either pre-fetch or Super-Fetch in WinXp/Win7.

I used to,"Soluto" to track down slow loading and use in Win7,

https://www.soluto.com/

Free and none invasive.They don't spam you and once used can be removed.Try it for a few days to see if it helps.

Here's my maintenance/tweak programs.


EaseUS Disk back up,(Around once a week or before a major software install/change and make bootable flash stick for emergencies.

EaseUS Todo Backup software for data backup and disaster recovery in Windows Server/Workstation/PC

Regbak:Manual registry backup before doing any cleaning.
Acelogix Software - Regbak


CCcleaner and set to clean the pre-fetch as well now and then but leave it to do it's job for a while.It serves pretty much the same purpose as the old,"Vcache" in Win95/98.

Auslogics Defrag and Registry cleaners and their Registry Defrag to check.

How to Speed Up Your Computer-Best Software to Increase PC Speed

Also CleanMem,

CleanMem Free/Pro | PcWinTech.com


HTH

 

[jefboyardee]

Already had some off that impressive list, trying others. And I re-enabled fetching, and .net too, for Soluto’s shenanigans.