Office Server Search Service cannot be started because it does not exist.(Object reference not set to an instance of an object)

Office Server Search Service cannot be started because it does not exist.
Few Days before, I tried to setup my lab and after the installation, i tried to start the search service but mystery is here, when i checked CA-operations-services on server-OSEARCH is not there. I have the right key , the right CD and the latest fixes.I installed it and it is simply not there.
As you can probably guess, there’s nothing wrong with your PC or Cd or key, you simply did not installed the server in the correct way to receive all the services.

Please check:-
regedit and check the value under the following key :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\12.0\WSS\
ServerRole
Possible options:
WFE
APPLICATION
SINGLESERVER

Each option means :
WFE - Windows SharePoint Services Web Application (no search , no excel, no ssp, just web server)
APPLICATION –Everything (and you can add the server to a farm)
SINGLESERVER –Everything (but you cannot add the server to a farm , and most probably you have MSDE or SQL Server Express on the box too)

To change the installation mode for the server (even if you managed to create webapplications and set-up your sharepoint config db), here’s the procedure:
-Detach the server from the farm
-Uninstall Sharepoint
-Reboot the server
-Re-install Sharepoint in Advanced mode and select your desired server role.
-Run the configuration wizard and re-attach the server to the original farm (config_db)
You should get the applications back and everything else in place, as they were but with new services in the farm.

This implementation is not part of the Windows Platform FIPS validated cryptographic algorithms‏

After you upgrade from Microsoft ASP.NET 1.1 to Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0, some ASP.NET-based applications may not function correctly. Additionally, when you access ASP.NET Web pages that have ViewState enabled, you may receive the following error message:
[InvalidOperationException: This implementation is not part of the Windows Platform FIPS validated cryptographic algorithms.]

This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:
-The HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\fipsalgorithmpolicy registry subkey is set to 1.
-ASP.NET 2.0 uses the RijndaelManaged implementation of the AES algorithm when it processes view state data. The ReindaelManaged implementation has not been certified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as compliant with the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS). Therefore, the AES algorithm is not part of the Windows Platform FIPS validated cryptographic algorithms.
Resolution:-
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911722

Note:-Please follow each step carefully within this document and the issue will be definately resolved.

I hope the above document helps you to overcome the above mentioned error message. Thanks!

Move the SharePoint data from c:\ drive to d:\ drive

=Opened Central administration page and checked for no of web applications & system account (administrator) which is used for those web applications.

=Stopped all SharePoint related IIS web sites

=The following Services had set to Manual:
-Windows SharePoint Services Administration
-Windows SharePoint Services Timer
-Windows SharePoint Services Search
-Windows SharePoint Services Tracing
-Office Document Conversions Launcher Service
-Office Document Conversions Load Balancer Service
-Office SharePoint Server Search
-Indexing services
-IIS Admin Service

= Opened SQL Server Management Studio
= Expanded the Databases section
= For each SharePoint database we need to move, we must perform the following:
-Right clicked on the database
-Clicked on Properties
- Selected Files from the left hand pane
-Make note of the Path
-Clicked on Cancel
-Right clicked again on the database
-Selected Tasks -> Detach..
-Clicked the checkbox for Drop Connections. By default, the checkbox for keep Full Text Catalogs should be checked. Make sure that is true.
-Clicked OK
-For each additional database we need to move, perform the detach method for each
= Once we have detached all the databases, opened a Explorer window, and browse to the database location that was noted in the Properties task
= Selected the databases to be moved
= Right clicked, and selected Copy
= Browse to the new location for the databases
= Right clicked, and selected paste
= Go back to SQL Server Management Studio
= Right clicked on Database and selected Attach
= Clicked on Add..
= Browse to the new location for the databases and selected a database
= We have added each database one at a time
= reset all the services you set to manual in Step 2 to Automatic and started services.
= Turned on all IIS websites that we have stopped
= Browse to your central administration site; we were able to browse all sites correctly.
I hope the above steps will helps you to move your sharePoint databases from one drive to another drive. Thanks!

Moving documents between document libraries in MOSS 2007

There are several ways to move documents between SharePoint document libraries and one of the simplest ways to do this is to use the explorer view.

Here's a step by step reference on how to use the explorer view feature to migrate documents between document libraries.

Open the source and destination document libraries in two separate Internet Explorer windows.

Now select the explorer view

Now copy the source file by simply right clicking the mouse and selecting copy, then paste the file in the destination document library. It's important to remember that when you move documents between document libraries you lose the document version history.

Some users may experience an annoying popup when copying and pasting.

The way to turn this off is to make a change to the client's Internet Explorer:

-Open Internet Explorer

-Click "Tools", then "Internet Options"

-Select the "Security" tab

-Choose the appropriate zone

-Click the "Custom level" button

-Select "Enable" for the "launching programs and files in the IFRAME" option

-Click the "OK" button

-Click "Yes" when prompted to change the settings

-click the "OK" button

-Restart IE.

If you have any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know.

I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves your issues, Thank you

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS 2007) Versions

How do you find out what version of SharePoint you are running?

The first approach is to open a web browser and got to the site settings page (Site Actions > Site Settings > Modify All Settings).

The second approach is against the databases. Open SQL Server Management Studio, Connect to the server, new query, run the following:
SELECT [VersionId]
,[Version]
,[Id]
,[UserName]
,[TimeStamp]
,[FinalizeTimeStamp]
,[Mode]
,[ModeStack]
,[Updates]
,[Notes]
FROM [SharePoint_Config].[dbo].[Versions]
WHERE VersionId = '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000'
ORDER BY Id DESC
This returns :-

The top row is the latest version. The query is performed on the SharePoint Configuration database. If you have called this database something instead of "SharePoint_Config" change the query to reflect this.
You can also look at the versions for Content Databases, by changing the database name. For example: FROM WSS_Content_MySites.[dbo].[Versions]

WSS SP1:- Download

MOSS SP1:- Download

MOSS 2007 post SP1 hotfix KB941422

MOSS 2007 post SP1 hotfix KB941274

MOSS 2007 post SP1 hotfix KB948945

MOSS 2007 Infrastructure Update KB951695 & KB951297

MOSS 2007 Cumulative update KB956056 & KB956057