Hey everyone. My name is Scott, and this is my first visit to ths msdn forums so howdy all. My issue is with three processes that, I believe, are acting in a way that they shouldn't be. Here they are:

SearchFIlterHost.exe
SearchIndexer.exe
SearchProtocolHost.exe

I looked them up and I believe theyare Windows Desktop Seach. Basically what happens is whenever I try to explore any directory (whether its the root of C:\ or some deep subdirectory) on any drive (even the control panel), it takes about 10-15 seconds to display all the files/folders that should appear relatively instantly. The little green progress bar moves across my navigation bar, and then it works.

I discovered that windows desktop search makes periodic updates the the Index, but that these only last a few seconds. This happens literally every time I try to browse my file system, and these three processes are always running. I ended them via Task Manager, but then the browsing just took longer as it initialized these processes again.

There is obviously something telling Vista (Build 5384 by the way) that it needs to do this, and I bet (knowing me) that it is very obvious and simple. Any help would be great.

Thanks you guys,

Scott