>>Who uses Windows to search for files, anyway?
>>I don't really know if disabling Explorer (with BBLan, for example) actualy stops the cidaemon service, but it is a real hog.
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>I've had both search service and indexing service turned off already, and indexing disabled on all disks. TotalCommander is fast enough when I want to search for something - which is not too often, and I usually know a few suspect directories where to look. It's my disk, I should know.

Absolutely. As a long-time Totl Commander user. I totally agree.

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>I'm happy now - it finally feels like I do have a 64 bit processor and a fast machine. Specially the speed of flipping between apps and desktops is amazing. Now I appreciate the suck level of windows explorer :).

Glad to know. I gave BBLean a try and it seems wonderful. I didn't insisted, though, because I had a few presentations next week and I don't want to risk them. I found a few problems with apps that minimize to the SysTray (TC been one of them). Did you find how to handle this?

Regards,