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1.       Download the Adobe PDF IFilter 6.0, from this link:

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=2611  

 2.       Stop the IIS Admin service: Start > Run > Services.msc > Stop the IIS Admin Service 

 3.       Run the Adobe PDF IFilter 6.0 Setup program (ifilter60.exe) to install the filter on the server. 

·         Click on <Next> to continue. 

·         Click on <Accept> to continue. 

·         Click on <Next> to continue. 

·         Click on <OK> to complete the installation. 

4.     Now we need to copy an Adobe GIF icon, which will be used as an icon for all the adobe files throughout your SharePoint site collection, the recommended dimension is16 x 16.

5.   Now copy this GIF “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\Template\Images”.

6.   Now we need to edit the DOCICON.XML file to reference the new icon, the file is located her, C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web server extensions\12\Template\Xml\DOCICON.XML   This needs to be done so that we can map the new icon to the new file type, in order to do these we need to add the following line in the <mapping> section of the DOCICON.XML file:  <Mapping Key=”pdf” Value=”your-icon-filename.gif”/> 

6.       Perform an “iisreset” or recycle the SharePoint Application Pools. 

7.       Add the .pdf file type to the index list:

·         Go to Central Administration page and then to the Shared Services Administration page of the current SSP, go to Search Settings and then to File Type.

·         Add the new file type “pdf”. 

8.       Perform a Full Update on the Search content indexes. 

Your PDF content is now ready to be indexed by MOSS2K7, enjoy!

The Issue:

Error when trying to search for content or employees on a SharePoint portal or when trying to view profile information in your Shared Service Provider:

 An error has occurred while accessing the SQL Server database or the Office SharePoint Server Search service. If this is the first time you have seen this message, try again later. If this problem persists, contact your administrator.

Error when trying to view the search settings in your Shared Service Provider:

An indexer is not assigned to the Shared Services Provider ‘SharedServices’. Configure an indexer and a search database for this Shared Services Provider  

 An indexer is not assigned to the Shared Services Provider. 

 This error occurs if you stop your search service, or if your service is set to manual instead of automatic, in this case you would get this error each time your server is restarted.

The Fix:

1. Open Central Administration Page

2. Go to Shared Services Administration 

3. Click the SSP and select edit properties from its drop down list

4. Enter the SSP process account password

5. Assign the index server

6. Select Ok