Windows Search Query

swifty2013

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Hi all,

This might seem a silly question but is there anyway to still use the search feature in Windows without the need of the indexer?

Its just the search indexer drains my computer!!!

Many thanks
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
The answer is yes.
Personally, I:
  1. unchecked "Allow files on this drive to have contents indexed...." on all hard drives in my PC
  2. Disabled "Windows Search" service. This service will from time to time rebuild the database index file Windows.edb under: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows
    and this file can be quite large. I see cases that its size can grow up to many, many GB's (20, 40 and up to 100GB) and when it grows too large, it will take a lot of system resource trying to rebuild the index and bring your PC to its knee..
  3. With Windows Search service disabled. I also Delete Windows.edb

Having done that, I did not see any delayed performance when I do a search for a file or the delay is very negligible.
In addition, I also use a small freeware from:
Everything Search Engine if I have a need to search for a file in all drives. This freeware is small and fast.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8.1x64PWMC Ubuntu14.04x64 MintMate17x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Brewed
    CPU
    I7 4970K OC'ed @4.7 GHz
    Motherboard
    MSI-Z97
    Memory
    16 GB G-Skill Trident X @2400MHZ
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
    Sound Card
    X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual HP-W2408
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    256 GB M2 sm951, (2) 500GB 850EVO, 5TB, 2 TB Seagate
    PSU
    Antec 850W
    Case
    Antec 1200
    Cooling
    Danger Den H20
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Logitech Performance Mouse MX
    Internet Speed
    35/12mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
If you are searching for text contained within a word document or pdf etc and you have lots it will be MUCH slower if you have not indexed the contents. This is because all of the documents will need to be paged in from disk and then individually scanned. If you have an index the information is already there.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro Prieview x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    MacBook Pro Core2Duo
    CPU
    T7600
    Memory
    3
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon X1600
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Internal
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x 800
    Hard Drives
    40GB
    Keyboard
    Apple
    Mouse
    Apple
    Internet Speed
    Varies
    Browser
    Various
    Antivirus
    Defender
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