To turn off indexing, remain in the Services dialog box, and locate the Windows Search entry. Double-click it. From the “startup type” drop-down list box, select Disabled. Click OK, and you’re done.
Undoubtedly Windows 7 will amount to a lot more than simply the disabling of features, services, and interface elements. But if Microsoft has absorbed anything from the feedback it has received about Windows Vista, it’s that users want less, not more, when it comes to things that get in the way of productivity. Take the steps outlined here to make Vista less intrusive, and you’re likely to be a good bit closer to what Microsoft hopes to give you in Windows 7.
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