Hello,We are running MOSS 2007 with a SQL 2005 backend on Windows Server 2003 Std. This is a single server setup.When I attempt to start the service Windows SharePoint Services Web Application I receive the following error:-Some or all identity references could not be translatedI also receive the above error when attempting to start the Windows SharePoint Services Searchservice.I have run the command Stsadm o updatefarmcredentials userlogin <domain\name> -password <password> with no success along with an iisresetI have included the following from the event logs:-Event Type:ErrorEvent Source:Office Server SearchEvent Category:Content index server Event ID:4127Date:11/05/2009Time:11:14:06User:N/AComputer:SERVER02Description:Content index on Portal_Content could not be initialized. Error No mapping between account names and security IDs was done. 0x80070534.Component: e5e20157-56a9-4540-841c-c6c68aa1c31bEvent Type:ErrorEvent Source:Office Server SearchEvent Category:Content index server Event ID:4127Date:11/05/2009Time:11:28:24User:N/AComputer:SERVER02Description:Content index on AnchorProject could not be initialized. Error No mapping between account names and security IDs was done. 0x80070534.Component: e5e20157-56a9-4540-841c-c6c68aa1c31bEvent Type:ErrorEvent Source:Windows SharePoint Services 3 SearchEvent Category:Content index server Event ID:4127Date:17/04/2009Time:21:48:53User:N/AComputer:SERVER02Description:Content index on Search could not be initialized. Error No mapping between account names and security IDs was done. 0x80070534.Component: d5d35b77-df0a-48c4-a9db-907eb6def80bEvent Type:ErrorEvent Source:Windows SharePoint Services 3Event Category:Timer Event ID:6398Date:17/04/2009Time:21:50:00User:N/AComputer:SERVER02Description:The Execute method of job definition Microsoft.SharePoint.Search.Administration.SPSearchJobDefinition (ID 730ac545-fe68-42a3-8083-747aa92a8c6f) threw an exception. More information is included below. The server threw an exception. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80010105 (RPC_E_SERVERFAULT))It was obviously very foolish of me to stop the services in the first place but I never thought such a persistent problem would result.Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.Kind Regards,Ricki Cooper

Try resetting the the application pool account. stsadm -o updateaccountpassword -userlogin DomainName \UserName -password NewPassword -noadmin Here is a good resource with each of the services in case you need it: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934838SharePoint Developer | Administrator | Evangelist -- Twitter -- Blog - http://nextconnect.blogspot.com

Try resetting the crawled content and then start the service.

Hello and thank you for the responsesThe account we are already using is a domain account with full admin rights.Mike, I ran the command you suggested but this has had no effect.It appears I am unable to reset the crawled content. When I click on the SSP I get a page not found error. The URL is http://server02/ssp/admin.Anymore suggestions please?

Hello Lambert,Yes, I promoted the machine to a DC after installing Sharepoint so you were on the right track.In the end, I paid for external consultancy from a company that specialises in sharepoint who were able to solve the problem. Here are the details :-1. I had to restore the directory c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\80 from backup as they had been deleted when I originally stopped the web app service2. The security groups WSS_Admin_WPG, WSS_RESTRICTED_WPG and WSS_WPG were created in Active Directory. The sharepoint service account wasmade a member of each group.3. The Web App and Search services started without the error. Problem solved and money well spent. I hope this helps anyone else who is suffering this problem.