Status is a property of the content source People_Import (Hidden Content Source) - If the registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\12.0\Search\Applications\6d372e7b-6777-4641-aebe-caab7e737701\Gather\ProfileImport\ContentSources\1\StartPages\0 - If the value to anything other than 0, we can reproduce problem - The search account should have full control on this registry key - T