Thx guys but it is still running and it is driving me mad.......mad I say.
It isn't the defragmenter but how do I tell if it is the indexer and what do
I do if it is?

I have even sys restored to a week ago but the process is still running
"Scott Seligman" <seligman@example.com> wrote in message
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> occam <occam@razor.dot.com> wrote:
>>T5 wrote:
>>> I have recently noticed that I have a process running everytime That
>>> I have vista running, it whirrs and clicks and grinds and crunches
>>> but I cannot locate it at all. It is not showing intask manager. I
>>> have scanned with spybot S&D, Ad Aware 2007, I am using onecare live
>>> and that hasn't picked anything up either. what could it possibly be,
>>> it is driving me mad, it is constant and unrelenting. I have also
>>> tried Backlight to see if I have a rootkit installed but nothing is
>>> showing.
>>
>>Try installing Process Explorer and look for odd processes there:
>>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...sexplorer.mspx
>
> Or try running process monitor (same site, different page) to see
> what's accessing the disk.
>
> Given this is Vista, I'd guess it's either the defraging scheduled
> task or the indexer.
>
>
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