Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows 7 has a Windows Search Indexing service installed and enabled that allows the operating system to search certain places quickly finding files or programs in a flash. In order to search certain locations on your computer quickly the Windows Search indexing service indexes the contents of each location in advance and stores them in memory to speed up it’s search. This can take up a lot of memory and resources and will certainly affect your computers performance. It might even be indexing locations that you never even intend to search for files on. This is why you need to either disable theWindows Search indexing service or modify its process to do minimal work.

Of course you do not need to alter any settings for the Windows Search indexing service if you have not recognized any performance problems on your computer. However if you want to speed up your computer, this is just one of the tasks you can do.

How to disable the Windows Search Indexing completely for all locations:

1. Go to the Start Menu.
   
2. Type services.msc in the search box. As you are typing you will see items appear in the menu. This is because it is being indexed and can be searched quickly.
   
3. Scroll-down to find the Indexing Service which is called Windows search and double-click it.
   

4.  Press on  the Stop button to Stop the indexing service.

5.  Under Startup type press on the drop down arrow to see choices.

6.  Choose Disabled.

After disabling and turning off the Windows Indexing Service, you will still be able to use the Windows search but it will work more slowly than with the indexing enabled.

This tool is a great download for anyone who wants to quickly resize their photos to send or upload to the web. The instructions below will show you how to download this tool for your windows 7 & vista computer.

Download Instructions

Click on this link: http://imageresizer.codeplex.com/releases/view/51338#DownloadId=152077

Under the Downloads heading click on the option best suited to your computer, 32 bit or 64 bit
Once you have selected your download the agreement below will display, click on I Agree.

The Run dialog box will open click on Run

the dialog box below will display this is saving the executable file to the computer. When finished click open

To run the executable file click on Run

The Install wizard will open, Tick the I accept box and click Install

The installer progress bar will display below

Click on Finish

You have now Downloaded the power resizer tool

How to use the tool?

Find your picture you want to resize
Right click on the picture and click on Resize Picture

The option box below will display, choose the size you want and click ok

The progress bar will appear

Below is how the resized image will appear, notice how it has "Small" in the file name.