Should I turn off media manager indexer?

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Recently I've noticed my system slowed significantly and for extended periods
of time at windows startup and regular intervals after. I believe the
culprit is the AIRSVCU.exe process. This may have started when I began
archiving digital images with a film scanner. I've determined that the media
manager indexer can be turned off altogether. What consequences might obtain
if I turn it off?
 
This article is to the point and probably will help you:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/194875

"Rapid Robert" wrote:

> Recently I've noticed my system slowed significantly and for extended periods
> of time at windows startup and regular intervals after. I believe the
> culprit is the AIRSVCU.exe process. This may have started when I began
> archiving digital images with a film scanner. I've determined that the media
> manager indexer can be turned off altogether. What consequences might obtain
> if I turn it off?
 
Hi Paradoxdb3,

Thanks for the information. Actually, I had come across that article
already. I know I can adjust the frequency for the index manager but my
real question is whether anything bad will happen to me if I turn it off
altogether.

Robert

"Paradoxdb3" . wrote in message
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> This article is to the point and probably will help you:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/194875
>
> "Rapid Robert" wrote:
>
>> Recently I've noticed my system slowed significantly and for extended
>> periods
>> of time at windows startup and regular intervals after. I believe the
>> culprit is the AIRSVCU.exe process. This may have started when I began
>> archiving digital images with a film scanner. I've determined that the
>> media
>> manager indexer can be turned off altogether. What consequences might
>> obtain
>> if I turn it off?
 
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Since I couldn't find any reason NOT to, I stopped the Media Manager Indexer
and then uninstalled Media Manager using Add/Remove Programs. The three
programs I use to manage my digital images, Windows Explorer, Canon
ZoomBrowser and Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0, all seem to work fine. If
anything breaks, I'll post it here.

If anyone has any cautions, I'd still appreciate hearing about it.

Thanks all.

Robert

"Rapid Robert" <RapidRobert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Recently I've noticed my system slowed significantly and for extended
> periods
> of time at windows startup and regular intervals after. I believe the
> culprit is the AIRSVCU.exe process. This may have started when I began
> archiving digital images with a film scanner. I've determined that the
> media
> manager indexer can be turned off altogether. What consequences might
> obtain
> if I turn it off?
 
I don't see why you should have any problems since Media Manager only makes
reference to your media files. I use Kodak EasyShare for that. But these
types of programs are simply an easy way to find and edit your pictures or
other media. Uninstalling it simply means you'll need to navigate to your
media folders another way, as you've already pointed out.

"Rapid Robert" wrote:

> Since I couldn't find any reason NOT to, I stopped the Media Manager Indexer
> and then uninstalled Media Manager using Add/Remove Programs. The three
> programs I use to manage my digital images, Windows Explorer, Canon
> ZoomBrowser and Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0, all seem to work fine. If
> anything breaks, I'll post it here.
>
> If anyone has any cautions, I'd still appreciate hearing about it.
>
> Thanks all.
>
> Robert
>
> "Rapid Robert" <RapidRobert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:84ED6A0E-EBB5-40EE-89B4-E26DB3658D5C@microsoft.com...
> > Recently I've noticed my system slowed significantly and for extended
> > periods
> > of time at windows startup and regular intervals after. I believe the
> > culprit is the AIRSVCU.exe process. This may have started when I began
> > archiving digital images with a film scanner. I've determined that the
> > media
> > manager indexer can be turned off altogether. What consequences might
> > obtain
> > if I turn it off?
>
>
>
 
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