MOSS 2007 server machine Event Viewer is constantly populatingwith Error ID: 6482 and 6398.The details are as under: Event Type:ErrorEvent Source:Office SharePoint ServerEvent Category:Office Server Shared Services Event ID:6482Date:6/24/2008Time:3:37:45 PMUser:N/AComputer:ABC Description:Application Server Administration job failed for service instance Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SearchAdminSharedWebServiceInstance (f0fc6cd7-fd20-49e3-8965-218a64ed4fbc). Reason: An error occurred loading a configuration file: Access to the path 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\12.0\WebServices\Root\avkxln4r.tmp' is denied. (C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\12.0\WebServices\Root\web.config) Techinal Support Details:System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException: An error occurred loading a configuration file: Access to the path 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\12.0\WebServices\Root\avkxln4r.tmp' is denied. (C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\12.0\WebServices\Root\web.config) ---> System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\12.0\WebServices\Root\avkxln4r.tmp' is denied. at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath) at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy) at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access) at System.CodeDom.Compiler.TempFileCollection.EnsureTempNameCreated() at System.CodeDom.Compiler.TempFileCollection.AddExtension(String fileExtension, Boolean keepFile) at System.CodeDom.Compiler.TempFileCollection.AddExtension(String fileExtension) at System.Configuration.Internal.WriteFileContext..ctor(String filename, String templateFilename) at System.Configuration.Internal.InternalConfigHost.StaticOpenStreamForWrite(String streamName, String templateStreamName, Object& writeContext, Boolean assertPermissions) at System.Configuration.Internal.InternalConfigHost.System.Configuration.Internal.IInternalConfigHost.OpenStreamForWrite(String streamName, String templateStreamName, Object& writeContext, Boolean assertPermissions) at System.Configuration.Internal.InternalConfigHost.System.Configuration.Internal.IInternalConfigHost.OpenStreamForWrite(String streamName, String templateStreamName, Object& writeContext) at System.Configuration.Internal.DelegatingConfigHost.OpenStreamForWrite(String streamName, String templateStreamName, Object& writeContext) at System.Configuration.UpdateConfigHost.OpenStreamForWrite(String streamName, String templateStreamName, Object& writeContext) at System.Configuration.MgmtConfigurationRecord.SaveAs(String filename, ConfigurationSaveMode saveMode, Boolean forceUpdateAll) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Configuration.MgmtConfigurationRecord.SaveAs(String filename, ConfigurationSaveMode saveMode, Boolean forceUpdateAll) at System.Configuration.Configuration.SaveAsImpl(String filename, ConfigurationSaveMode saveMode, Boolean forceSaveAll) at System.Configuration.Configuration.Save() at Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.SharedWebServiceInstance.ProvisionSharedResourceProviderWebConfigSettings(SharedResourceProvider srp) at Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.SharedWebServiceInstance.Synchronize() at Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.ApplicationServerJob.ProvisionLocalSharedServiceInstances(Boolean isAdministrationServiceJob) For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. and Event Type:ErrorEvent Source:Windows SharePoint Services 3Event Category:Timer Event ID:6398Date:6/25/2008Time:11:15:51 AMUser:N/AComputer:ABC Description:The Execute method of job definition Microsoft.SharePoint.Search.Administration.SPSearchJobDefinition (ID 0067ecd3-b6f6-4334-8179-a3a7668e0fd7) threw an exception. More information is included below. Requested registry access is not allowed. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. I tried the hotfix available at the URL http://support.microsoft.com/?id=946517but it didn't work. Tried solution available at previos threads but none seem to work. Any suggestion?

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