Why does my Spotlight no longer find any results?

Whatever I look for in Spotlight it does its thing the says "No results found".
Why did Spotlight stop working and what do I do about it?
David

I tried Christopher's proposed solution below and it didn't help at all.
ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS?
David
Open Activity Monitor (in your Utilites folder within your Applications folder)
Look for "SystemUIServer". Select it by clicking on it's name once (it will become highlighted) and then press "Quit Process" (the stop sign in the upper left). When the confirmation dialogue appears, select "Force Quit". Wait a few seconds and the menu bar will rebuild itself with a now-functioning Spotlight.
hope this helps...
12" powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.9)

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