1. Got to “Administrator Tools” in the “Control Panel”, and open the Services program. Or, you can also open the Run prompt from the Start menu, following which you must enter services.msc at the Run prompt.

2. Locate the Indexing Service tab by scrolling down the menu, and double-click.

3. The current service status is probably showing “Running”. Click on the “Stop” button to stop indexing services entirely.

4. Go to “Startup Type”, and select Disabled. This will ensure that the service does not start up again.

5. Click OK.