Just installed Search Server 2008  Express for your WSS 3.0 app?? And now you want to add a new scope to the search dropdown for you FARM? But you can’t seem to find the scopes on the Search Administration site? Well Daniel Berg gave me a good tip and told me that the link to the “View Scopes” page in Search Administrator seems to be hidden.. and to access the page you need to know the exact URL which he provided:

http://ExampleSite:PortToSearchAdministration/ssp/admin/_layouts/ViewScopesSSP.aspx?Mode=ssp

Just add this link to you “Links” Web Part on the Search Administration Start Page for future use. This will make it possible to Manage Search Scopes for your WSS farm.

If you want to edit your Search Scope the old fashion way then it’s Site Actions -> Site Settings -> Site Collection Administration -> Search Scopes