When Ilook under 'Task Manager, Processes', I have 3or4
cidaemon.exe running at once & some times it users up 100%
of CPU & effects other progams. If I end it my system
seems to run just fine.

Can anyone tell me:-

What it is,
What it does,
& can I remove it.

(It came up Virus free)

Help, Thanks
Gareth Jones

Hi,

It's the indexing service. Turn it off on the general tab of the drive's
properties (right-click the drive in Windows Explorer and choose
properties).

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Gareth Jones" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2b9601c4709f$68eb7970$(E-Mail Removed)...
> When Ilook under 'Task Manager, Processes', I have 3or4
> cidaemon.exe running at once & some times it users up 100%
> of CPU & effects other progams. If I end it my system
> seems to run just fine.
>
> Can anyone tell me:-
>
> What it is,
> What it does,
> & can I remove it.
>
> (It came up Virus free)
>
> Help, Thanks
> Gareth Jones