cannot start search service Help

AhHhHh,,,,

this is my favorate,,,

once i tried to start the help search service which is a service that will enable you to search in the help files in MOSS,,,

when you try to create it, you get the most annoying and meaningful error message which is :) File Not Found !!!!

oh my god! that kept me staring at the screen for hours,,

anyways the log of this error is:

"

The BLOB property does not exist in the database; skipping import. - File:d:\office\source\search\search\gather\gthrsvc\gthrapp.cxx Line:3597

02/04/2007 19:36:53.38 mssearch.exe (0x0A08) 0x0948 Search Server Common Exceptions 0 Monitorable <Exception><HR>0x80040d06</HR><eip>600AD224</eip><module>d:\office\source\search\search\gather\gthrsvc\gthrapp.cxx</module><line>3598</line></Exception>

02/04/2007 19:36:53.38 mssearch.exe (0x0A08) 0x0948 Search Server Common GatherSvc 0 Monitorable Application 'c6d65cb8-d20a-4cf3-b285-1d7659622ef1' - Registry BLOB not imported; continue initialization. Failed in CGatherApplication::CGatherApplication::Init. Error = 0x80040d06 - File:d:\office\source\search\search\gather\gthrsvc\gthrapp.cxx Line:258

"

after i don't know how many hours, i discovered this line: Registry BLOB not imported; continue initialization

directly i relized that enven i am an administrator on the box, i have some GroupPolicy issues that preventing me from editing regedit and hens, creating the search...

 

this classic problem for any installation :(

please be careful out there ...