The call to SPSearchServiceInstance.Provision (server 'NTS499') failed. Setting back to previous status 'Disabled'.

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I was creating a stand alone dev machine the other day and ran into this error. The simple fix is that you need to put in the accounts that the Search service will run as with their domain names. (E.g. DOMAIN\username, not just username)

Quick and easy...

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Anonymous said…
the same applies when setting up a farm without AD like in this article
http://blogs.msdn.com/fooshen/archive/2007/02/01/installing-moss-without-ad.aspx
August 4, 2008 at 4:57:00 AM PDT
Anonymous said…
Thank you!
May 23, 2009 at 6:05:00 PM PDT
Anonymous said…
Such a simple fix, worked like a charm. Many thanks
September 7, 2009 at 8:27:00 AM PDT
Anonymous said…
Thank you for your advice!
October 12, 2009 at 11:23:00 PM PDT
Anonymous said…
Niiice!!! Thanks much.
October 15, 2009 at 7:08:00 AM PDT
Babú said…
Excelent ! Thanks !
June 3, 2010 at 8:12:00 AM PDT
Anonymous said…
At what point do you set that?
I'm getting that error on running
psconfig -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -wait -force

Thanks!
June 7, 2012 at 10:31:00 AM PDT
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