Hard Disk Runs Continuously After You Install Office XP

SYMPTOMS:- After you install Microsoft Office XP or Publisher 2002, your computer's hard disk may run continuously.

CAUSE :- This behavior may be caused by the Indexing Service. To see whether fast searching is installed on the computer, follow these steps.

1. Start an Office XP program or Publisher 2002.

2. On the File menu, click Search.

* If Fast searching is not installed appears under Other Search Options in the Basic Search task pane, the support for fast searching is not yet installed.

To install fast searching, click Install.

RESOLUTION :-
Turn off the Indexing Service
To turn off the Indexing Service, follow these steps:

1. Start an Office XP program or Publisher 2002.
2. On the File menu, click Search.
3. Under Other Search Options, under Fast searching is enabled, click Search options.

NOTE: If Fast searching is enabled does not appear, fast searching is not installed.

* To turn off the Indexing Service and leave the catalog files intact, click No, do not enable Indexing Service, and then click OK.

NOTE: In Windows 2000, Delete appears on the Action menu. Select the catalog and then click Delete.



Uninstall the "Support for Fast Searching" Feature
In addition to disabling the indexing service, you can uninstall the fast searching support for Office. Unless you have a custom need for Office fast searching, you can continue using built-in searching, and you can uninstall the "support for fast searching" feature from all Office XP products that are installed.

1. Quit all Office programs.
2. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
3. In Control Panel, double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.
4. On the Install/Uninstall tab, click to select Microsoft Office XP product, where Office XP product is the name of the specific Office product being used. If you are using a standalone version of one of the Office programs, click to select the appropriate product in the list. Click Add/Remove.
5. In the Maintenance Mode Options dialog box, select Add or Remove Features, and then click Next.

This displays the Choose installation options for all Office applications and tools dialog box.
6. Click the plus sign (+) next to the Office Tools, click the icon next to Support for fast searching, and then select the Not Available installation state from the shortcut menu that appears.
7. After you change the installation state for Support for fast searching, click Update.
8.Repeat steps 2 through 7 for all other Office XP products installed.

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