XP Content Indexing service hogging CPU
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Hi,
My laptop runs XP Home edition. Its cooling fans only run when the processor is busy, so when the machine is idle they're usually off and battery life is good.
Today, though, there's a process called CISVC.EXE that's taking up 99% of the CPU time, and the fans are running flat-out. Killing this process pushes the remaining battery life from 40 minutes up to an hour and a half.
Can someone please explain what this process does (something to do with speeding up searches?) and how I can stop it wasting power again?
Ta
Andy.
My laptop runs XP Home edition. Its cooling fans only run when the processor is busy, so when the machine is idle they're usually off and battery life is good.
Today, though, there's a process called CISVC.EXE that's taking up 99% of the CPU time, and the fans are running flat-out. Killing this process pushes the remaining battery life from 40 minutes up to an hour and a half.
Can someone please explain what this process does (something to do with speeding up searches?) and how I can stop it wasting power again?
Ta
Andy.
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Try these for reference, but it looks like you can turn it off, if you don't use the search
WinTasks Process Library
cisvc - cisvc.exe - Process Information
Process File: cisvc or cisvc.exe
Process Name: Microsoft Index Service Helper
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 memory
Common Errors: N/A
System Process: No
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...intro_03l1.asp
WinTasks Process Library
cisvc - cisvc.exe - Process Information
Process File: cisvc or cisvc.exe
Process Name: Microsoft Index Service Helper
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 memory
Common Errors: N/A
System Process: No
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...intro_03l1.asp
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