Re: findfast

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 09/27/04 

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 11:44:45 -0700

see my reply to the reply at the end.
Chic
>-----Original Message-----
>"chic" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
>wrote in news:3ac001c4a4b5$35e3bd90$a401280a@phx.gbl:
>> On several occaisions I hear my Iomega disk making
noise
>> when I'm not using it. I usually ignore it. Today I am
>> annoyed because my word processor is hesitating while I
>> type. I do a ctrl-alt-del and check my resources. I
see
>> findfast.exe taking up to 25% of resources. IS THIS
>> EVIDENCE OF ROGUE (virus, spyware, intruder) ACTIVITY
or
>> is it my failure to optimize my system? At one time I
>> had adware, but I have been clean the last 2 or 3
times I
>> checked.
>
>FindFast is a file indexing utility included in
Microsoft Office (if you
>chose to install it and you chose to load it). It's
been awhile since I
>used the older version of MS Office that included
FindFast but then
>maybe it is still included when you install on a non-NT
based version of
>Windows (which already provide a file indexing service
but which you
>might also want to disable). Isn't there a shortcut to
load it in the
>Startup group?
>
>It would help if you actually identified "my word
processor". I'm just
>guessing that it is MS Word and that it is some older
version or running
>on a 95/DOS-based version of Windows.
>
>--

Thanks for your responses. I actually have a Microsoft
Office 2003 Student Edition running on XP Home Edition.
Sounds like I just need to disable whereever I can. The
main thing is relief to know someone isn't using the
program to search my drive.. Chic

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