What is cidaemon.exe? I see it running in the process window...what does it do??.. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS THING IS AT ALL!

here is the answer: 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 : On desktops leave alone. On fileservers, make sure you have recent Support Packs, particularly on NT4 (SP6) and 2000 (SP2). Here is the site I got this info from...you can use them to identify just about any program running in the process window. http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist_c.htm just a thought.

Thanks, I was also wondering what this process for! 'Preciate your help!

OHHH!!! I remember enableing some indexing service in my search for files and folders window! so thats what thats for then! ok thx!!

Indexing Service overviewIndexing Service is a service that extracts the information from a set of documents and organizes it in a way that makes it quick and easy to access that information through the Windows XP Search function, the Indexing Service query form, or a Web browser. This information can include text from within a document, (its contents), and the characteristics and parameters of the document, (its properties), such as the author's name. Once the index is created, you can search, or query the index for documents that contain key words, phrases, or properties. For example, you can query all documents containing the word "product" or you can query for all Microsoft Office documents written by a specific author. Indexing Service returns a list of all documents that meet your search criteria. For information on the different ways to create a query, see Using the Indexing Service query language. Indexing Service uses a document filter to read through a document and extract text and properties to pass to the indexer. This process is called indexing. For more information on indexing, see Indexing. Indexing Service automatically stores all the index information in the System or the Web catalogs. For more information about catalogs, see Catalogs. Indexing Service can index the following types of documents in several languages: HTML Text Microsoft Office 95 and later Internet mail and news Any other document for which a document filter is available Indexing Service is designed to run continuously and requires little maintenance. After it is set up, all operations are automatic, including index creation, index updating, and crash recovery if there is a power failure. For information about administering Indexing Service, see Administering Indexing Service. Note Administrators and application developers can provide support for any other document by writing to the open IFilter interface. For more information on how to implement the IFilter, see the Microsoft Platform Software Development Kit.