Re: 'Microsoft Search service cannot be administered under the present user error' SP3

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From: Oz (Oz(no_spam)_at_nospam.com)
Date: 05/08/04

  • Next message: John Kane: "Re: 'Microsoft Search service cannot be administered under the present user error' SP3"
    Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 14:16:16 +0300
    
    

    John

    Is there a log file somewhere that i could try and see what precisely is
    causing this problem.

    Thanks
    "John Kane" <jt-kane@comcast.net> wrote in message
    news:eaSiYlKNEHA.2976@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
    > Oz,
    > In addition to the many things you tried below... a couple of things
    > specific to MSSearch and the MSSQLServer services...
    > 1. Is the MSSearch service started and running under the System
    > (LocalSystem) account? If not, then change it to LocalSystem and stop and
    > re-start this service.
    >
    > 2. Have you or anyone else change the MSSQLServer account &/or password
    via
    > Win2K's Component service? IF so, then you MUST re-change the change via
    the
    > Enterprise Manager's server property security tab as this is the only
    place
    > where the two services security are kept in sync. See KB article 277549
    > (Q277549) PRB: Unable to Build Full-Text Catalog After You Modify
    > MSSQLServer Logon Account Through [NT4.0) Control Panel [or Win2K
    Component
    > Services] at
    http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;277549
    >
    > 3. Have you or anyone else removed or modified the BUILTIN\Administrator
    > login on this server? If so, you MUST either re-add it with all of it's
    > normal default rights, especially sysadmin rights and with the default
    > database as master and the default language of English or use the
    following
    > T-SQL code to add the correct permissions:
    >
    > exec sp_grantlogin N'NT Authority\System'
    > exec sp_defaultdb N'NT Authority\System', N'master'
    > exec sp_defaultlanguage N'NT Authority\System','us_english'
    > exec sp_addsrvrolemember N'NT Authority\System', sysadmin
    >
    > Additionally, but not necessarily related to the error in the subject
    line,
    > has this server ever been upgrade from SQL Server 7.0 or is this SQL
    Server
    > 2000 a "named instance" with a default installation of SQL Server 7.0? As
    > this might be related to a post-SP3 bug. See KB 814035 (Q814035) FIX: A
    > Full-Text Population Fails After You Apply SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3
    > at:
    > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;814035 (80004002 -
    > No such interface supported)
    >
    > Regards,
    > John
    >
    >
    > "Oz" <Oz(no_spam)@nospam.com> wrote in message
    > news:eytulHGNEHA.2468@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
    > > Hi,
    > >
    > > We have SQL Server private installation on which we are developing an
    > > application and public installation on whict we will be deploying the
    > > application. All instances have run Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition with
    > SQL
    > > 2000 SP3. However, the public installation MS Search is not functioning
    > > correctly. Basically it will not full-text indeed databases and
    produces
    > > the following error
    > >
    > > 1> exec sp_fulltext_database 'enable'
    > > 2> go
    > > (1 row affected)
    > > Msg 7635, Level 16, State 1, Server SIMP001, Procedure
    > sp_fulltext_database,
    > > Lin
    > > e 46
    > > The Microsoft Search service cannot be administered under the present
    user
    > > account
    > >
    > > Now, we have tried many things to try and solve this error, mainly based
    > on
    > > search newsgroups, which are itemized below:
    > >
    > > 1 Reboot System and reexecute sp_
    > > 2 Complete reinstall of SQL on system, then reapplication of SP3
    > > 3 Same as above (2) but reapply SP3a
    > > 4 Remove SQL Server installation subkey in order that can reinstall
    > > full-text search only, then reapply SP3
    > > 5 Check from keys under
    > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Search\1.0\Applications\ to make
    > sure
    > > SQL Server was there. It wasn't, removed SQL subkey and reinstalled,
    > > re-adding full-text search as an option (to re-install full-text) then
    > > reapplied SP3
    > > 6 Try reinstall, but do not reapply SP3 until have full-text enabled the
    > > database.
    > >
    > > None of the above worked. We still have a none functioning mssearch and
    > > full-text disabled database on the system.
    > >
    > > We have even tried enabling on a blank database. This does not work
    > either.
    > >
    > > PLEASE HELP! Getting desperate as the whole application depends on
    having
    > > search ability.
    > >
    > > Thanks
    > >
    > > Oz
    > >
    > >
    >
    >


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