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IMHO I would stop and disable the indexing service. ~Rick > As was said, if you're not using it, either disable it or > uninstall it. With that in mind, some services you have to > have for the OS to function, and for you to get done what > needs to be done, so a fair amount of that is going to be > unique to each environment. If you're not sure what a service > does, I strongly sugggest you look up the name in > google/yahoo/whatever and find out what it is and does before > you shut it off or remove it, and stopping or disabling first > might be safer in case you find you need it back. > Dependencies should be checked carefully before turning > something off, of course. Make sure you have a plan in case > you manage to kill some critical service to the OS and > windows halts on you. Stopping an automatic service and just > waiting to see if it starts itself back up or if something > dies can be effective if done carefully. > > I think the four you've listed are OS critcal. > > Your mileage may vary - play with this stuff at your own risk. > > Chris > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Rick Klenotiz > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 3:06 PM > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Indexing Service > > > Thanks for the info. > > While on this subject, is there a general consensus on what > services can safely be turned off? > > Example: > > Computer Browser > Workstation Service > Server Service > RPC Services > > I have all these on today. Am using a SQL Server to hold the > user account file. > > ___________________________________________________________________ Virus Scanned and Filtered by http://www.FamHost.com E-Mail System. To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
