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- Windows Server 2008/2003/2000/XP/NT Administrator Knowledge Base
- Section(s): Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous
- Published on Apr 20, 2004.
- Last Modified on Apr 20, 2004.
- Last Modified by Wayne Maples.
- Rated 4.2 out of 5 based on 38 votes.
Findfast,originally added to NT as part of Microsoft Office, is now the Indexing
Service. It is enabled by default for Windows 2000 and XP as part of the base
installation. Unless you have a special need for a full text index of all local
files, I recommend disabling it.
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