The Windows Indexing Service uses a fair amount of disk space (approximately 30% amount of original files). If shared directories on network are large, it can consume a considerable portion of computer's memory and processor cycles. There are several options for configuring Indexing Service to improve performance.

To configure Indexing Service select "Start | Settings | Control Panel | Administrative Tools" and open "Computer Management" application. In left pane of "Computer Management" window, click plus sign next to "Services and Applications", then right-click on "Indexing Service" icon. In popup menu, select "All Tasks | Tune Performance". The "Indexing Service Usage" dialog box will appear.

The "Indexing Service Usage" dialog box provides three radio button options that let Windows set Indexing Service Performance for you; "Used often", "Used occasionally", and "Never Used". If you want to provide your own custom setting, set "Customize" radio button and click on "Customize..." button. The "Desired Performance" dialog box will appear.

The "Desired Performance" dialog box contains two slider controls. The "Indexing" slider control sets how quickly catalog will be updated. Adjust it to left to reduce amount of system resources used to update catalog. The "Querying" slider control sets how quickly search results will be returned. Adjusting it to left will reduce amount of system resources used, but search results will take longer to return.

You can also control Indexing Service by configuring specific folders to be indexed. When you click on "Indexing Service" icon in "Computer Management" window, right pane should list a catalog named "System". When you double-click on a catalog, you will find three folders, "Directories", "Properties", and "Query The Catalog".

Note: If Internet Information Server (IIS) is installed on your computer, you should also see a catalog named "Web". The Web catalog scans C:Inetpub directory.

To add a folder to be indexed, right-click on "Directories" folder and select "New | Directory" in popup menu. In "Add Directory" dialog box that appears, enter path of new directory. To remove a folder, left-click on "Directories" folder to display list of directories in right pane. Then left-click on a directory and select "Delete" in popup menu.

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