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Micallen
post Feb 27 2008, 02:50 PM
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How can I disable this feature, and if I do, will it cause any problems?

At times, my work computer slows, and the task manager shows Searchfilterhost.exe and a few other related applications using a lot of CPU. I can hear the H.D. chattering big time and task manager shows CPU use at 77%.

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post Feb 27 2008, 03:34 PM
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For information on Searchfilterhost.exe see this link: http://www.processlibrary.com/directory/fi...earchfilterhost

It is not a critical component, so you can probably disable it. In task manager, select the process and click 'End Process' or right click and select 'End Process'.
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post Feb 27 2008, 03:50 PM
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Oh, I forgot to mention. It's immortal. You can "end task" on all 3 processes, and they come right back. I'll read the link you provided and see what I can find.

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post Feb 28 2008, 12:41 PM
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SOLUTION FOUND:

One of the other processes is searchindexer.exe. Anyway, I found a solution which I'm posting below. With regards to Groucho43 on another forum:


Your searchindexer.exe process comes from your Windows Search service. You can turn it off by opening your Services folder (click Start, Run, type services.msc and click OK), changing the Windows Search service startup type from Automatic to Manual and then clicking Stop the service. Hope this is helpful.

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post Feb 28 2008, 12:56 PM
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FYI: From what I see....that all relates to Windows Vista, not any earlier version of Windows.

I don't see such files on my XP Home system.

http://www.processlibrary.com/directory/files/searchindexer

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post Feb 28 2008, 01:06 PM
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QUOTE(hamluis @ Feb 28 2008, 12:56 PM) *
FYI: From what I see....that all relates to Windows Vista, not any earlier version of Windows.

I don't see such files on my XP Home system.

http://www.processlibrary.com/directory/files/searchindexer

Louis


That's how the topic started (Windows Vista). Then others chimed in with the same problem in Win XP. I'm running XP Pro, and never had the problem myself until the past 2 or 3 months. I assume something I've loaded OR a windows "update" triggered the start of the problems.

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post Feb 28 2008, 01:45 PM
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Well, if I had a file on my system that related to a version of Windows which I don't have, I think I'd treat it as malware until proven otherwise. It would not hurt.

Malware often disguises itself as bona fide system files.

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post Sep 3 2008, 10:20 AM
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I recently started having problems with this also. I think that it was installed with the new Windows search protocol (Windows Search 4.0 I think it was...) Anyways, I'm going to dump that piece of garbage because it's given me nothing but grief since I installed it. I'll let everyone know if I'm still having problems with searchfilterhost.exe after I uninstall the new search.
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Sounds like a good decision.

From what I've read about the Windows Search 4.0 program...I don't see where anything is gained and it just adds another process to those already running in a Windows that seems to meet the search needs of many users.

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post Nov 16 2008, 11:53 PM
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My Dell Precision workstation laptop was grinding away....I am running XP Pro.

I, too, found searchfilterhost.exe and the other two search processes running away and pegging my processor. Thanks to the solution above of disabling the search feature using services.msc, I stopped that B... S....

Things are much quieter now. Thanks to Micallen.

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post Dec 3 2008, 11:36 AM
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I had the same problem as rheitel with my Dell Precision Solution seems to have worked well. Thanks to all.
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nevermind

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post Dec 3 2008, 01:41 PM
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So, I switched searchfilterhost to manual and stopped it. That worked fine until I rebooted (cold boot). It's still on manual, but something called it up and it's chugging the HD between 5 and 20% usage. What hapens if I just disable that puppy? I have Google Desktop search; any interaction there? Thanks in advance.
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it looks like it may. try uninstalling both (windows search and google desktop) then reinstalling google desktop...
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