The following error is being populated in the event viewer 0x0AA8 Office Server Office Server Shared Services 7u16 Critical Application Server Administration job failed for service instance Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SearchServiceInstance (87b016de-4a08-4cac-bca2-9328c965a142). Reason: The system cannot find the file specified. Techinal Support Details: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: The system cannot find the file specified. at Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SearchServiceInstance.Synchronize() at Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.ApplicationServerJob.ProvisionLocalSharedServiceInstances(Boolean isAdministrationServiceJob) Event Type: ErrorEvent Source: Windows SharePoint Services 3Event Category: Timer Event ID: 6398Date: 3/28/2010Time: 10:07:34 PMUser: N/AComputer: Server1Description:The Execute method of job definition Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.ApplicationServerAdministrationServiceJob threw an exception. More information is included below. There was an error encrypting or decrypting credentials. Either a credential update is currently being performed, or you must update the farm account credentials on this server before you can perform this task. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. Any help in fixing this would be of help to us Thanks

Hi there, This article worked for me when I came across the same issue: http://www.thesug.org/mossasaurus/wiki%20pages/event%20id%206398.aspx Effectively, it may be that the farm credentials require updating... Hope this helps Geoff