OFF2000: Error Message "Cannot start the Microsoft Find Fast service"

ID: Q224126

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Office 2000

ERROR MESSAGE

When you attempt to run the Microsoft Find Fast program the following error message appears:

Cannot start the Microsoft Find Fast service.

NOTE: Microsoft Office 2000 has built-in functionality that allows you to get more information about difficult-to-troubleshoot alerts or error messages. If you want to enable this functionality for this and other error messages in Microsoft Office 2000, please download the Microsoft Office 2000 Customizable Alerts file from the Microsoft Office Update Web site at the following address:

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/2000/downloadDetails/alerts.htm

NOTE: If you reached this article by clicking the Web Info button in an error message, you already have Customizable Alerts enabled.

CAUSE

This problem will occur when you attempt to start the Find Fast program, or when you start your computer and you have created indexes in Find Fast.

We need more information about your specific situation in order to determine why you got this error message.

WHAT TO TRY

Contact Microsoft Product Support Services

Please contact Microsoft Product Support Services by using the contact information provided on the support options page at:

http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/overview/overview.asp

When you contact support, please refer to article ID Q224126.

Additional query words: OFF2000


Keywords          : kberrmsg kbdta 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb