Question : Sharepoint Search Restarts Event Few Minutes

After reviewing the event logs on our MOSS 2007 server I found that the Application log was full of errors relating to the search.  It appears that the crawl is no longer succeeding.  The entries I get are as follows:

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Event Type:      Warning
Event Source:      Office Server Search
Event Category:      Gatherer
Event ID:      1053
Date:            4/28/2008
Time:            2:41:36 PM
User:            N/A
Computer:      OAK-SPWEB
Description:
The system exception c0000005 occurred, and will be handled.  If this causes problems, contact Microsoft Product Support Services and include the stack trace in the event

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Event Type:      Error
Event Source:      Application Error
Event Category:      (100)
Event ID:      1000
Date:            4/28/2008
Time:            2:41:46 PM
User:            N/A
Computer:      OAK-SPWEB
Description:
Faulting application mssearch.exe, version 12.0.4518.1015, faulting module mssrch.dll, version 12.0.4518.1015, fault address 0x000bb93d.

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Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74   Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c   ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 6d 73 73   ure  mss
0018: 65 61 72 63 68 2e 65 78   earch.ex
0020: 65 20 31 32 2e 30 2e 34   e 12.0.4
0028: 35 31 38 2e 31 30 31 35   518.1015
0030: 20 69 6e 20 6d 73 73 72    in mssr
0038: 63 68 2e 64 6c 6c 20 31   ch.dll 1
0040: 32 2e 30 2e 34 35 31 38   2.0.4518
0048: 2e 31 30 31 35 20 61 74   .1015 at
0050: 20 6f 66 66 73 65 74 20    offset
0058: 30 30 30 62 62 39 33 64   000bb93d

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Event Type:      Information
Event Source:      Office Server Search
Event Category:      Gatherer
Event ID:      10045
Date:            4/28/2008
Time:            2:42:01 PM
User:            N/A
Computer:      OAK-SPWEB
Description:
Successfully imported the application configuration snapshot into the registry.

Context: Application 'cb9b456d-85bf-4229-97f3-47be52251119

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Event Type:      Information
Event Source:      Office Server Search
Event Category:      Search service
Event ID:      1003
Date:            4/28/2008
Time:            2:42:04 PM
User:            N/A
Computer:      OAK-SPWEB
Description:
The search service started.

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I get these four errors in series every few minutes.

I have restarted IIS and the Windows SharePoint Services Search.  I even went as far as turning off Office SharePoint Server Search and Windows SharePoint Services Search via Central Admin and then turning them back on again.  I found a suggestion on the web to verify the credentials for the account that is running the service.  The domain account is correct.  I also went into DCOM in Component Services and made sure the account had Local Launch and Local Activation set for the account on OSearch.

My actions have reset the search index, but I keep getting the errors during crawls.  My search count gets to around 1200 items before freezing (although the exact number is not consistent.)  I have not restarted the server as a whole yet (as that must wait until after-hours.)

Has anyone seen these symptoms before and have any advice as to how the search can be fixed?

Answer : Sharepoint Search Restarts Event Few Minutes

Have you had chance to restart SharePoint Timer Services, then reset index, then redo crawling?

Thanks.