I think this should not affect your network drive but will affect only on the local machine.
On 1/22/10, KwikOne <[email protected]> wrote: > It does not effect the drive itself. And, the indexing service is, by > default not active anyways. But, if you have installed the windows > desktop > search it does utilize the indexing allowed property value but you > would need > to explicitly configure it to index a network drive (regardless of > what the value > of the property is) > > The hesitation is due to the PC having to check on the drive (by > establishing > a NetBIOS session) over the network. This may or may not be > normal (depending upon what the answers to the following questions > are). > But since you neglected to say what the network drives are. > > 1) Are they NAS (network attached storage), or shared from an other > PC(s) or server(s)? > 2) If other PC or server - > a) which? > b) what OS version(s) > c) what optimizations have been done on it/them > d) what network/file security policies are in effect? > e) Is file caching over network allowed? > > On Jan 22, 9:59 am, infiniteMPG <[email protected]> wrote: >> We're trying to improve some performance issues with XP Pro. One of >> the things we've noticed is with Windows Explorer when we browse thru >> the drives it kind of stalls on some drive letters, waits a few >> seconds and then continues the display. When we look at properties >> for a network drive we can disable indexing services for that drive >> and we have heard that turning this OFF could help. We have it >> disables on the services level of the local PC, but we are thinking >> this just affects the local drives. >> >> Our question is if we turn off indexing services for a network drive, >> does it only affect indexing services for that drive on that local >> machine or does it affect the network drive itself???? >> >> Thanks for your help and any other suggestions would be greatly >> appreciated. We're using this as a refernce : >> >> http://kadaitcha.cx/performance.html > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Computer Tech Support" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en. > > -- Anvesh Saxena -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Computer Tech Support" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en.
