Microsoft Operating System Forum

future1investor

So far, I've only been able to stop it with a good firewall. A firewall
because SearchIndexer.exe attempts to access the internet.

This is only one of the programs that Microsoft uses to hijack your
computer and transmit data elsewhere.

Microsoft has been using such programs since they figured out
that they could use online software registration as an opening to
collect data on your computer system and not just the one piece of
software that you were willingly registering at that time.


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future1investor

Paul Montgomery

On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:02:38 +0000, future1investor
<future1investor@gmail.com> wrote:

>So far, I've only been able to stop it with a good firewall. A firewall
>because SearchIndexer.exe attempts to access the internet.

It's not running here, but I have search and indexing turned OFF.

Tom W.

Do some research before posting this fake information, SeachIndexer does not
do what you have just stated.

"future1investor" <future1investor@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> So far, I've only been able to stop it with a good firewall. A firewall
> because SearchIndexer.exe attempts to access the internet.
>
> This is only one of the programs that Microsoft uses to hijack your
> computer and transmit data elsewhere.
>
> Microsoft has been using such programs since they figured out
> that they could use online software registration as an opening to
> collect data on your computer system and not just the one piece of
> software that you were willingly registering at that time.
>
>
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> future1investor

rayross87

Ok "searchindexer.exe" is not a virus and it is a Windows program. You
can remove it by uninstalling "Windows Search 4.0".

This program just indexes files on your computer so if you search for
them in the future it will be a quicker search.

Good luck. Hope this helps.


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rayross87

Demerol

To modify Indexing Service performance
Open Computer Management.
In the console tree, click Indexing Service:Computer Management
>Services and Applications >Indexing Service

On the Action menu, click Stop (It may be stopped already).

On the Action menu, point to All Tasks, and then click Tune
Performance.

In the Indexing Service Usage dialog box, select the option that best
fits the way Indexing Service is used on your computer.

If you selected Customize, click the Customize button and proceed to
**. If you did not select Customize, continue to ***.

** . In the Desired Performance dialog box, move the Indexing slider to
Lazy for less immediate indexing or to Instant for immediate indexing of
new and changed documents. Lazy indexing uses fewer resources; Instant
indexing uses as much of the computer's resources as it can.

Move the Querying slider to Low load if you expect to process only a
few queries at a time or to High load if you expect to process many
queries at a time. Low load uses fewer resources; high load uses more.

***Close the Desired Performance dialog box.

Close the Indexing Service Usage dialog box and restart Indexing
Service.


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Demerol

AuntyHoney

I have this running on my computer and I have Windows XP. Should it be
there or should I get rid of it. My computer has been making very loud
beeping sounds, perhaps this could be the cause?
Thanks!


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AuntyHoney

Demerol

AuntyHoney;1548542 Wrote:
> I have this running on my computer and I have Windows XP. Should it be
> there or should I get rid of it. My computer has been making very loud
> beeping sounds, perhaps this could be the cause?
> Thanks!

Your computer might be overheating if it is making beeping sounds. A
fan might have died or maybe you had something installed recently? ie a
harddrive? I would take it in for service before you damage the
motherboard.


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Demerol

AuntyHoney

Thank you. I did a system restore to a day before the beeping started
and it isn't beeping any more so whatever was causing it must have been
removed in this process. I did install a new music sharing program that
had a ton of spyware subsequently found by my Spyware Detector, so maybe
that was the culprit.
This is a great forum and I really appreciate the advice given.


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AuntyHoney