Error message when you try to browse a custom Index Server search page on a Windows Server 2003-based computer: "The 'MSIDXS' provider is not registered on the local machine."

Consider the following scenario

• You try to browse a custom Index Server search page on a Windows Server 2003-based computer.
• The search page uses the Microsoft Index Server OLE DB provider (MSIDXS).
• The computer is running the Indexing Service.

In this scenario, you may receive the following error message:

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1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
2. Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSIDXS
3. Right-click MSIDXS and then click Permissions. The Permissions for MSIDXS dialog box appears.
4. In the Group or user names list, click SYSTEM, and then click to select the Full Control check box for the Allow column if you have not selected it already.
5. In the Group or user names list, click ASPNET, and then click to select the Full Control check box for the Allow column if you have not selected it already.
6. Click OK to close the Permissions for MSIDXS dialog box.
7. Exit Registry Editor.