Purpose: cisvc.exe:

In Windows 2000/XP, the Content Indexing Service (cisvc.exe) maintains an index of the contents of your drive so that searches for content on the drives will be faster. It also starts a cidaemon.exe process for each drive that is being indexed. This activity occurs in background, usually when you are not using your PC. However, it can cause erratic and sometimes alarming disk activity since most people don't expect to see the drive light glowing for long periods of time when they're not at their computer. You may want to turn this service off unless you are frequently searching your drives.

To control the configuration of the Indexing Service, go to Control Panel | Administrative Tools | Computer Management. Expand the Services and Applications node and select Indexing Service. Here you can set which directories are indexed or perform a query against the index.

To turn the Indexing Service off completely, select Services under the Services and Applications node. Find the Indexing Service on the list and double-click the entry. Click the Stop button, and set the startup type to Manual.

cisvc.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.86%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 0 MB