To make a custom column appear as one of the property restrictions in the SharePoint 2007 Advanced result page, you need to: Map the crawled property to a managed property. Edit the XML of the Advanced Search Box webpart to show the managed property...

I faced this issue when trying to activate the Server Publishing Infrastructure feature on the Front End Servers on a 5 Server Farm. I followed the steps on this post and was able to resolve it. http://blog.thekid.me.uk/archive/2007/02/05/activating-office...