Windows SharePoint Services 3 Setup Howto
After installing Windows SharePoint Services, WSS still has to be configured to be usable. This article describes how to setup and configure the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 using the Central Administration tool.
Click Start, select Administrative Tools and click SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration.Start Windows SharePoint Services Search
1. In Central Administration, click Operations.
2. In Operations, click Services on server.
3. In Services on Server, click Start corresponding to Windows SharePoint Services Search.
4. Create two new domain user accounts for the Service Account and Content Access Account. Fill in those information into the page and click Ok.Create Web Application
1. In Application Management, click Create or extend Web application.
2. In Create or Extend Web Application, click Create a new Web application.
3. In Create New Web Application, review the IIS Web Site settings.
4. Create a new domain user account for the application pool and type the details into the Application Pool section.
5. Specify the Search Server and click Ok.
6. In Application Created, click Create Site Collection.
7. In Create Site Collection, give a title and description for your site.
8. Select a template and specify a Primary Site Collection Administrator and click Ok.
9. Test your newly created site by clicking on the provided link.
10. It works.
I too am recieving an error when attempting to create my first application pool from central admin. It says “The username and password entered are not valid.” I have attempted using the default populated settings, with kerberos, with NTLM, specifing the app pool account, creating a fresh AD account and it keeps responding with the same error.
Can anyone advise?