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Old 06-10-2007  
Brink


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Index - Enable or Disable

How to Enable or Disable Search Index in Vista


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Old 08-21-2008  
Tabu


vista
 
 

Re: Index - Enable or Disable

Thank you!

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Old 08-21-2008  
Brink


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Index - Enable or Disable

You're welcome Tabu.
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Old 11-02-2008  
frankzappa77


Vista Home Premium 32bit SP2
 
 

Re: Index - Enable or Disable

Not sure if it was because of indexing, but whenever I would try to remove an external hard drive, Windows would say that it was in use. Ever since disabling indexing for the partitions on my external, I haven't every gotten an error when unmounting them. Thanks!
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Old 11-02-2008  
Brink


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Index - Enable or Disable

Hi Frank,

Since it is an external drive, do you have the Safely Remove Hardware option to remove the hard drive with instead?

You can see what it looks like in this unrelated tutorial if needed.

Safely Remove Hardware Shortcut

Hope this helps,
Shawn
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Old 11-02-2008  
frankzappa77


Vista Home Premium 32bit SP2
 
 

Re: Index - Enable or Disable

Sorry if I didn't make it clear, I meant that whenever I would choose to "Safely Remove Hardware" it would say something along the lines of "Windows is currently using the hardware, please try again later" and ever since disabling indexing, I've yet recieved this error message.
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Old 11-02-2008  
Brink


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Index - Enable or Disable

Sorry about that Frank.

It appears that you found out what was tying up your hard drive for it to be "in use". Thank you for posting back your results.

Shawn
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Old 11-26-2008  
DumbHobbit


Vista Home Premium 32bit
 
 

Re: Index - Enable or Disable

Thankyou for this guide.
Slower searches are a small price to pay to escape this hog
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Old 11-26-2008  
Brink


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Index - Enable or Disable

You're welcome DumbHobbit. Especially if you do not do a lot of searches.

Shawn
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Old 12-31-2008  
micjustmic


Vista Ultimate 64 & 32bit
 
 

Re: Index - Enable or Disable

I'm a little late to this, but how does one disable the warning when searching in a folder that says, "Your searches might be slow because the index is not running. Click to turn on the index..."

It's not a big deal, but it is a little annoying to have this pop up every time I search.

And please, don't tell me to turn on the index! LOL J/K

Thanks,
Mic
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Old 12-31-2008  
Brink


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Index - Enable or Disable

Hello Mic,

LOL, sorry but I do not think that there is any other way that I know of to turn off that message other than to turn on the Index.

Shawn
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