I think you are running RC1. In any event, that bug was fixed in later
betas and is fixed in the RTM.

"Sir Bubba IV" <Sir Bubba IV@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> when I try to start the windows seach service it fails to start. I get an
> error
>
> Windows Search Service has failed to created the new system catalog.
> Internal error <1,0x80070002>.
>
> cannot find any reference to this error.
>
> can anyone enlighten me
> thanks