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Cidaemon is the "Content Indexing Daemon", which is a background process that builds a fast search index of the files on your computer.
What is cidaemon?
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That's the "Content Indexing Daemon"; a background process that builds a fast search index of the files on your computer. Chances are you don't need it, and can disable the indexing service. "Black Viper" has a good overview of XP Services.
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Article C2046 - June 14, 2004
Leo A. Notenboom has been playing with computers since he
was required to take a programming class in 1976. An 18 year career as a programmer at Microsoft soon followed.
After "retiring" in 2001, Leo started Ask Leo! in 2003 as a place for answers
to common computer and technical questions. More about Leo.
cidaemon.exe, along with Indexing Services make the difference in Windows 2000 on minimalist hardware between just able to run Windows and having and enjoyable computing experience. It's never advisable to simple turn off anything Windows developers include with your system without first finding out why the problem exists and how to repair it. There is a "hotfix" available for this issue from Microsoft support. My advice is to download it and continue to use Indexing. If maintaining Windows takes too much of your time or unduly frustrates you how about trying Linux? Ubuntu now endorsed by IBM INVENTOR of the Personal Computer!
Posted by: JS Kaplan at March 3, 2009 11:49 AMAll hail Leo! I've been looking for a solution to cideamon.exe running all the time for weeks. Why couldn't I just have found Leo the first search??? Good to have my puter back on track. Thanks loads.
Posted by: LeighArias at March 23, 2009 1:27 PMGreat! This stopped cidaemon.exe from running automatically. I think there was a conflict between it and Google Desktop that was slowing my machine down significantly. Processing faster now though.
Posted by: jgdeutsch at May 13, 2009 6:27 PMI uninstalled Windows Search 4, problem solved
Posted by: Frank at June 4, 2011 4:53 AMOK, all, here is what worked for me:
Start
Posted by: Neva at August 16, 2011 6:17 AMMy Computer
Right click
Manage
Computer Management
Services and Applications
Indexing Service
Stop