How to enable search function of Windows SharePoint Services

1. To enable searching within windows SharePoing Services, the full-text searching feature for SQL Server 2000 must be installed on the SQL Server computer;

2. When SQL Server 2000 has been configured to support full-text searching, windows SharePoint Services can be configured to enable search.

3. Please operate the SharePoint Server according to the following prcedures.
(1) Click Site Settings.
(2) Click Go to SharePoint Portal Server Central Administration.
(3) In the links to related administration home pages, click on Windows SharePoint Services
(4) Click on Configure Full-Text Search in the component configuration section
(5) In the Search Settings section, click on Enable Full-Text Search and Index Component to select the service

In addition, the following codes will be used to show a search form on the aspx page.
<SharePoint:ViewSearchForm ID="L_SearchView" Prompt="Search this site" Go="Go" Action="searchresults.aspx" runat="server"/>