Setting up MOSS 2007 search

Create a SSP on a new web application (optional; you can assing your website to an existing SSP)
Change association to use the new SSP
Open the new SSP via Shared Services Administration
Click User Profiles and Properties
Click Full Import
Go back to SSP
Click Search Settings
Click Content Sources and Crawl Schedules
Set “Use this server for serving search queries” enabled (Operations –> Services on Server –> Office Search server”
Be sure that the specified accounts have enough rights to access the websites

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