Search component fails on IIS 6.0 (Win2k3)

[slimjim28]

I hope someone has a solution to this problem. Many users
that have moved to Windows 2003 server with FrontPage 2002
server extensions are experiencing this problem. No one
has been able to find a solution so far. Any ideas?

Problem:

I'm having a problem getting the FrontPage search
component to work on a newly configured Windows 2003
Server that is running IIS 6.0. The install was
configured as an application server with only the
FrontPage 2002 server extensions option selected (no .net)

When you view the page you get the following message:
[FrontPage Search Component] and the component does not
display (no box to type in search criteria).

No matter what I try, I can not get the FP search
component to work. I tried other FP components such as a
counter and it works. I do have indexing running on the
server. I am able to query the windows catalog and I do
get results back.

I have done the following:

1) Recalculated hyperlinks
2) Checked server health and repaired any problems
3) Recalculated the web

I have gone as far as uninstalling the app server and
reconfiguring it. No matter what I do, I can not get the
search feature to work. I have the same functionality
working on a Win2k server running IIS 5.0 and I haven't
had any problems with it.

Additional info:
1) The page is not asp.
2) The search component was created on a live server -
not moved over from a local copy.

Any solutions would be greatly appreciated!

 

[CETroutman]

Consider that IIS6 is substantially different than IIS5 especially on a
fresh install; IIS6 will *only* display static Web content by default. IIS6
is intended to be "secure" on default installation and services must be
enabled as needed.

I have not used the FP Search Component but I suspect the problem is related
to service(s) that are not installed/enabled in your IIS6 installation.
Compare what services are installed and running in the IIS5 installation
with what is installed and running in IIS6. Enable whatever you need in the
IIS6 installation and you should be fine.