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Sharepoint Timer/Gather Issue

Were on a Windows SBS 2008 64 Server. After recently running upgrades this error message showed up in the application event log.

Log Name:      Application
Source:        Windows SharePoint Services 3
Date:          9/2/2010 10:00:01 AM
Event ID:      6398
Task Category: Timer
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      Our FQDN Server
Description:
The Execute method of job definition Microsoft.SharePoint.Search.Administration.SPSearchJobDefinition (ID 51e6fb53-ed1d-42b8-ad9c-44c9fda18619) threw an exception. More information is included below.

The gatherer is shutting down.  
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Windows SharePoint Services 3" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="0">6398</EventID>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>964</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2010-09-02T16:00:01.000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>303404</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>Our FQDN Server </Computer>
    <Security />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data>Microsoft.SharePoint.Search.Administration.SPSearchJobDefinition</Data>
    <Data>51e6fb53-ed1d-42b8-ad9c-44c9fda18619</Data>
    <Data>The gatherer is shutting down.  </Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>

Any Solutions?

Thanks,

Jim
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what account are you running WSS Search under?
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As an admin on the network I'm using my account.
i mean the account under which the WSS Search SERVICE is running under ;)
Sorry - It's running under Local Service. I see the service is set to manual and has not been started. Do i really need this search sevice this is a basic setup and we only use sharepoint for the internal web site.
As you can tell I'm really green on the Sharepoint end of things.
you should not be running WSS Search service under a built-in account, and that is possibly the cause of your error.

and there isn't a way to disable the basic search feature... so yes, you have to have the service.  it's one of the core WSS services.
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