cidaemon.exe - indexing for over 2 weeks - pls help

[Billericay Pete]

A PC of mine running XP SP3 (all updates etc) has been running slow - a
couple of weeks ago I identified cidaemon.exe apparently using 99% CPU most
of the time. The PC is too slow to use effectively (eg a new explorer tab
takes about 20secs to open)
I understand that this is part of the indexing process but as it's been
going on for over 2 weeks now, surely something is amiss....?
I have rebooted a few times - run 'one-care' - it has firewall and AVG

Many thanks in advance
Pete

 

[Unknown]

Have you run disk cleanup? Have you defragged? Is indexing off?

 

[Billericay Pete]

To resolve the issue, turn off the Indexing service. To turn off the
Indexing service, follow these steps:

1. Double-click My Computer, point to Explorer Bar on the View menu,
and then click Search.
2. Click Change preferences, and then click Without Indexing Service.
3. Click No, do not enable Indexing Service, and then click OK.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/899869


I just right click any hard drive in My Computer and uncheck Indexing


I turn it off every WinXP computer I work on.

Many thanks - I'll try tomorrow
cheers
Pete

 

[Peter Foldes]

Turn off the Indexing Service. First thing I do when I install a new OS for my
clients.
Start\Run\Services.msc\Indexing Service\Properties\Stop