I get an error when I try to enable Full Text Catalog with Enterprise Manager

NOTE: We strongly recommend migrating from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005 or 2008. As Microsoft continues to move forward with SQL server technology, SQL 2000 will fall further behind the standard. It is no longer actively developed or updated, as it has been superseded by SQL 2005 and 2008. While we will continue to maintain our existing SQL 2000 servers, our recommendation is to upgrade your SQL service to a more recent version at your earliest possible convenience.

If you decide to migrate your SQL database we have a forum post on the steps needed to complete this process.

Full text catalog must be enabled via Query Analyzer on your database. You cannot use Enterprise Manager to set up the catalog.

See this MSDN article for details on how to enable Full Text Search.

Article ID: 203, Created On: 11/14/2008, Modified: 3/15/2011