FIX: You cannot configure system properties for use with the Advanced Search feature in SharePoint Portal Server 2003 (831204)

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003, you may not be able to configure system properties such as the Keywords property for use with the Advanced Search feature. For example, you cannot configure Microsoft Office keywords for use with the Advanced Search feature. On the Manage Properties of Crawled Content page of your portal site, when you expand urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office and then click Keywords, the Include this property in Advanced Search options setting in the Edit Property area of the Edit Property page is unavailable.

RESOLUTION

This problem was first fixed in a hotfix that is now contained in a service pack. If you installed the latest SharePoint Portal Server 2003 service pack, you do not have to install the hotfix.

Service pack information

This problem is corrected in Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Service Pack 1.

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

889380 How to obtain the latest service pack for SharePoint Portal Server 2003

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next SharePoint Portal Server 2003 service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

Date          Time   Version       Size       File name
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07-Nov-2003   00:19  11.0.5704.9   4,602,432  Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.dll 
06-Nov-2003   23:01  11.0.5704.9      13,312  Putildm.dll
06-Nov-2003   23:01  11.0.5704.9       8,192  Spsutil.dll

Note This update requires Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003.

MORE INFORMATION

After you install the update that is documented in this article, you can turn on and turn off the Include this property in Advanced Search options setting for system properties.

For more information about how to work with properties of crawled content, see the "Editing Properties of Crawled Content" topic in the Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Administration Guide. The Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Administration Guide (Administrator's Help.chm) is located in the Docs folder in the root directory of the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 CD.

For more information about SharePoint Portal Server, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/sharepoint/prodinfo/default.mspx