http://lifehacker.com/software/optimization/turn-off-indexing-and-speed-up-windows-xp-031440.php That shows you how to turn off indexing, on my xp installs I didn't think indexing was on, I had to switch it on.
Mike On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 2:33 AM, Fred Holmes <f...@his.com> wrote: > If I understand things correctly, all of these marvelous new ways of > keeping track of data files requires indexing the files. And the index is a > weak point for a hacker break-in to find exactly what he is looking for on > your computer. I'd like to have the option of turning off _all_ indexing on > my computer. One of the things that infuriates me about WinXP is that > whenever I plug in an external hard drive, XP proceeds to index it > immediately, and wants to do something "automatic" (e.g., play the music, > put it on a playlist somewhere, etc.) with it. I want to turn off all of > that automation -- such automation is just one more way for hackers to do > something malicious. > > Fred Holmes > > At 11:48 PM 3/26/2009, mike wrote: > >I understood libraries couldn't do more then aggregate folders not file > >types? So when I open the Pictures library, it opens all files in any of > >the attached folders to the library? > >I've wanted Apple's smart folders on windows since Apple put that feature > in > >OS X...wonderful tool for those of us who think these expensive complex > >machines should keep better track of files. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
