very high cpu usage

When I installed vista I'm getting crazy CPU usage of around 40% on a dual core 2.6ghz A64 w/ 2GB of ram
This seems really off, for sitting at the desktop doing nothing.
It's the explorer process that's using the CPU power.
Any idea's on the issue?

And the Windows Indexing Service. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Joel Barsotti" wrote in message

When I installed vista I'm getting crazy CPU usage of around 40% on a dual core 2.6ghz A64 w/ 2GB of ram
This seems really off, for sitting at the desktop doing nothing.
It's the explorer process that's using the CPU power.
Any idea's on the issue?

Where's the check box to turn that off?
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

And the Windows Indexing Service. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Joel Barsotti" wrote in message When I installed vista I'm getting crazy CPU usage of around 40% on a dual core 2.6ghz A64 w/ 2GB of ram
This seems really off, for sitting at the desktop doing nothing.
It's the explorer process that's using the CPU power.
Any idea's on the issue?

Open Control Panel (set to Classic View) > Indexing Options > Advanced (I can't remember off the top of my head right now, but you should see an option there to uncheck it. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Joel Barsotti" wrote in message

Where's the check box to turn that off?
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message And the Windows Indexing Service. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Joel Barsotti" wrote in message When I installed vista I'm getting crazy CPU usage of around 40% on a dual core 2.6ghz A64 w/ 2GB of ram
This seems really off, for sitting at the desktop doing nothing.
It's the explorer process that's using the CPU power.
Any idea's on the issue?

Disable the Windows Search - this usually munches up a whole load of CPU :o)
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--: Original message follows :-- "Joel Barsotti" wrote in message

When I installed vista I'm getting crazy CPU usage of around 40% on a dual core 2.6ghz A64 w/ 2GB of ram
This seems really off, for sitting at the desktop doing nothing.
It's the explorer process that's using the CPU power.
Any idea's on the issue?

Start, Run, type in services.msc and double click on the Windows Search service, then set to Disable, then Stop.
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--: Original message follows :-- "Joel Barsotti" wrote in message

Where's the check box to turn that off?
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message And the Windows Indexing Service. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Joel Barsotti" wrote in message When I installed vista I'm getting crazy CPU usage of around 40% on a dual core 2.6ghz A64 w/ 2GB of ram
This seems really off, for sitting at the desktop doing nothing.
It's the explorer process that's using the CPU power.
Any idea's on the issue?

My bad, its actually, Modify > Change selected locations > uncheck the folders Indexing is checked for OK. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

Open Control Panel (set to Classic View) > Indexing Options > Advanced (I can't remember off the top of my head right now, but you should see an option there to uncheck it. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "Joel Barsotti" wrote in message Where's the check box to turn that off?
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message And the Windows Indexing Service. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Joel Barsotti" wrote in message When I installed vista I'm getting crazy CPU usage of around 40% on a dual core 2.6ghz A64 w/ 2GB of ram
This seems really off, for sitting at the desktop doing nothing.
It's the explorer process that's using the CPU power.
Any idea's on the issue?

I've disable search and it looks like all my indexing is turned off and explorer is taking up like 90% cpu usage.
Any idea why the explorer process could take up so much cpu?
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message

Disable the Windows Search - this usually munches up a whole load of CPU :o)
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Joel Barsotti" wrote in message When I installed vista I'm getting crazy CPU usage of around 40% on a dual core 2.6ghz A64 w/ 2GB of ram
This seems really off, for sitting at the desktop doing nothing.
It's the explorer process that's using the CPU power.
Any idea's on the issue?

I've disable search and it looks like all my indexing is turned off and explorer is taking up like 90% cpu usage.
Any idea why the explorer process could take up so much cpu?
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message Disable the Windows Search - this usually munches up a whole load of CPU :o)
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Joel Barsotti" wrote in message When I installed vista I'm getting crazy CPU usage of around 40% on a dual core 2.6ghz A64 w/ 2GB of ram
This seems really off, for sitting at the desktop doing nothing.
It's the explorer process that's using the CPU power.
Any idea's on the issue?

Try running ProcessExplorer from sysinternals.com (run it with admin proviledges), maybe you'll get more info
Christophe
-- Christophe
Vista beta 2 build 5384.4