When clicked on SSP Search Settings link get an error "HTTP 403 Forbidden"

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When we click on Search settings link in SSP administration page we get an error "HTTP 403 Forbidden"

To Resolve
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We captured the ULS logs and found access denied for the folder C:\Windows\Tasks folder
We then checked the properties on c:\windows\tasks folder and by default we will not see the security tab
To get the Security tab we need to run on command prompt "attrib –s %windir%\tasks"
We found the permission for account WSS_WPG was missing
We added WSS_WPG account to tasks folder and gave read and write permissions
We then added the attrib by running "attrib +s %windir%\tasks"
Did an IISrest
Now we were able to browse the search settings page in SSP administration page