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If you recieve the following error and have just installed search server 2008, the likely cause by the fact that you will need to install search server on the front-end web server.<\/p>\n

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\nEvent message: A configuration error has occurred.
\nEvent time: 08\/09\/2008 09:59:40
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\nEvent ID: ad75a9d233ce4336a676ce0d9b757cff
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