performance problem

[Greg Chambers]

There is a serious performance problem with my PC. (Sony
Vaio, running at 2.1 ghz, 512mb RAM, Windows XP).
The "cisvc.exe" process uses about 50% of the CPU
resources for 30 minutes at a time and then goes dormant
for 2 to 3 hours, then starts up again. During this 30
minute period the computer is not usable. What can be
done to remedy this issue?

Thanks,
Greg

 

[Guest]

This is all I could find about this program

cisvc - cisvc.exe - Process Informatio
Process File: cisvc or cisvc.ex
Process Name: Microsoft Index Service Helpe
Description: The Microsoft Index Service Helper monitors the memory usage of Microsoft Indexing Service (cidaemon.exe) and automatically restarts cidaemon.exe if it uses more than 40Mb of memor
Company: Microsoft Corp
System Process: Ye
Security Risk ( Virus/Trojan/Worm/Adware/Spyware ): N
Common Errors: N/A

 

[Rocket J. Squirrel]

Cisvc.exe is the file indexing service that comes with Windows XP. (You can
read about indexing in Help and Support.) It's a useful thing, if you need
to search for documents on the basis of the text inside - like the index of
a book. Problem is, the indexing service sucks up a lot of CPU. Since many
users don't find indexing to be that useful, Microsoft made it easy to
uninstall. Just go to Add or Remove Programs - the Indexing Service is a
Windows component.

Rocky