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Closing programs (infosec.pub)

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[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

no search indexing

hear me out. how about ... there doesn't need to be a background process that runs constantly and consumes 30% of your processing power and makes the fan spin all the time because it generates so much heat.

[–] Redkey@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

I am stuck using an otherwise old but theoretically bearable PC at work running Windows 11 from a spinning HDD. But I'll tell you, when I dug through the registry to turn off all the background indexing nonsense, it became damn near usable.