Search Administration Error: An error occurred during the processing of . The resource object with key 'S2SearchAdminDashboard_Title' was not found.

1. Symptom –
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–>You installed service pack 2 for you sharepoint server which have MOSS 2007 installed

–>After installing the service pack, when ever you click on “Search Administration” under the SharedServices, you are getting following error message

“An error occurred during the processing of . The resource object with key ‘S2SearchAdminDashboard_Title’ was not found.”

–>If you click on “Search settings” in the SharedServices page, you get following error message

“Unknown Error”

–>If you click on “Search Usage Reports” in the SharedServices page, you get following error message

“Unknown Error”

–>Now If you perform search on your sharepoint site, you are getting following message

No results matching your search were found.
Check your spelling. Are the words in your query spelled correctly?
Try using synonyms. Maybe what you’re looking for uses slightly different words.
Make your search more general. Try more general terms in place of specific ones.
Try your search in a different scope. Different scopes can have different results.

2. Cause –
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The version of following files in Default Web Site’s App_GlobalResources folder and App_GlobalResources folder within Shared Services Provider virtual directory is different after service pack 2 update:
App_GlobalResources\searchadmin.en-us.resx
App_GlobalResources\SearchAdmin.resx
App_GlobalResources\sps.en-US.resx
App_GlobalResources\sps.resx
_app_bin\layouts.sitemap

3. Resolution –
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- Cut and move the following files from Shared Services Provider virtual directory:

App_GlobalResources\searchadmin.en-us.resx
App_GlobalResources\SearchAdmin.resx
App_GlobalResources\sps.en-US.resx
App_GlobalResources\sps.resx
_app_bin\layouts.sitemap

- Copy the file searchadmin.en-us.resx and SearchAdmin.resx from c:\program files\common files\Microsoft shared\ web server extension\12\config\resources and paste it to App_GlobalResources of the SSP web application

- Copy sps.en-US.resx and sps.resx from

C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\80\App_GlobalResources and copied it to C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\SSP\App_GlobalResources

- Copy layouts.sitemap from

C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\80\_app_bin and copied it to C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\SSP\_app_bin

- Performed IISRSET

4. Keywords -
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Search Administration settings Usage Reports S2SearchAdminDashboard_Title update service pack install
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