cidaemon.exe

Windows NT4/2000/XP task which is part of the Microsoft Index Server (NT4)
or its replacement, the Microsoft Indexing Service (2000/XP). The Indexing
Service is a background process which catalogues files so that you can then
do searches for any piece of text across your entire file system, or across
a specific range of folders. The Indexing Service works differently on
server operating system than it works on desktop operating systems. On
fileservers running Windows NT4/2000-server/XP-server, the Indexing Service,
which needs to be set up, configured, and started, is used to construct
library catalogues which end-users on the network can then search to find
specific documents - in short, it is an Intranet tool. On desktop operating
systems (Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Home or Professional), the
Indexing Service runs by default and simply catalogues in the background all
files on your PC so that when you do a "Search for Files or Folders", the
results come back much faster as Windows 2000/XP gets its results from the
catalogues (indexes) that were built by the Indexing Service rather than
through trawling your entire disk for every search you make.

Recommendation :
In most cases you should leave it alone on desktops; however, there are
cases where CIDAEMON runs amok and consumes excessive amounts of memory and
CPU and the PC slows down as a result - when that is the case, setting the
Indexing Service as a disabled or manual start service in "Services" in the
Control Panel (WinNT4) / Administrative Tools (Win2000/XP) should solve your
problem. On fileservers, on the other hand, most problems are resolved with
the most recent Support Packs, particularly on NT4 (SP6) and 2000 (SP3).

"magaly" escribió en el mensaje
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Hola. Necesito información acerca de cidaemon.exe. Casi
siempre, sin ejecutar ningún tipo de programa, el PC hace
ruidos como si estuviese cargando o moviendo algo en el
disco duro. Entonces le doy al Administrador de tareas y
veo un proceso llamado 'cidaemon.exe' usando la CPU más de
lo que yo quisiera. A qué se debe este proceso? Puedo
detenerlo y de qué forma?. Gracias.