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I am using SharePoint Server 2007 with collaboration portal template on Windows Server 2008. When I use the following function from Central Administration from Application Management -> search -> Manage Search Service, I met with the following error message, any ideas what is wrong?

The search service is currently offline. Visit the Services on Server page in SharePoint Central Administration to verify whether the service is enabled. This might also be because an indexer move is in progress.

thanks in advance, George

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Any errors in the event log(s) on any of the servers in the farm that relate to search? – Dave M Mar 10 '10 at 15:31
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You didn't say what "Central Administration > Operations > Services on Server" has for status in regards to the "Windows SharePoint Services Help Search" and "Office SharePoint Server Search" services? Are they started? Stopped? Have you configured search previously? Search configuration details: technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262700.aspx – vinny Mar 10 '10 at 15:44
They are started (in green) and I have not configured them before. Any further ideas what is wrong? – George2 Mar 11 '10 at 4:21
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