Hi everyone, as one of the requirements for our sharepoint server we have turned the "Mysite" functionality off.When I try to click on a resault of a people search to view someone's profile I get a 404 error. Obviously this is due to turning off Mysite.My question is, is this a bug in SharePoint? Why would turning off MySite not redirect the profile to Userdisp.aspx instead of Person.aspx (releated to mysite)??What I am interested in knowing is has anyone been able to edit the people resault page and redirect the profile information to userdisp.aspx instead of person.aspx?Thanks for any help!

There are two parts to Personalization, the actual MySite site collections, and then the root site collection that hosts the person.aspx page and some other utilities that help to redirect users to the right spot. The proper way to "turn off" or disable MySites is to simply remove user permission. This is done in the Shared Service Provider, personalization services permissions. By default all authenticated users have access to a personal site and to personalization. Simply uncheck the Personal Site option to remove their ability to create one. The regular personalization part is fine. This will keep the app running which supports the user profiles and the other personalization features, without allowing the Personal Site. One downside to this though is that without a MySite certain features are not completely available. For example, a user cannot edit a link and I believe they are unable to manage their colleagues without the full personal site.SharePoint Developer | Administrator | Evangelist -- Twitter -- Blog - http://nextconnect.blogspot.com

I can't confirm that this fully solves the issue. As the original poster mentioned, when he performs a search, links to the MySite show up. This occurs even after unchecking the permission for 'Create Personal Site' in Shared Services > Personalization Services Permissions.