Microsoft KB Archive/892135

= The &quot;Load summary resource assignments&quot; check box is selected again when you reconnect to an account in Project 2003 =

Article ID: 892135

Article Last Modified on 3/1/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003, Service Pack 1 (SP1)
 * Microsoft Office Project Standard 2003, Service Pack 1 (SP1)

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Important This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Office Project 2003, you want to prevent the summary resource assignment information from being loaded when you connect to a Project server account. To do this, you click to clear the Load summary resource assignments check box in the Project Server Accounts dialog box. When you restart Project 2003 to reconnect to the account, the Load summary resource assignments check box is selected again.



How to obtain the hotfix
This issue is fixed in the Project 2003 post-Service Pack 1 Hotfix Package that is dated February 10, 2005. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

893622 Description of the Project 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: February 10, 2005



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.



MORE INFORMATION
The state of the Load summary resource assignments check box affects all Project server accounts that you connect to. If you use multiple Project server accounts (profiles) to connect to a server or to multiple servers, the setting is applied to all Project server accounts.

To control whether the summary resource assignment information is loaded when you open the Project server account, apply the hotfix, and then use one of the following methods.

Method 1: Click to select or to clear the &quot;Load summary resource assignments&quot; check box
Note The change that you make when you use this method will be persistent. The change will also be reflected in the LoadSummaryResourceAssignments value of the registry.  Start Project 2003. In the Project Server Accounts dialog box, follow these steps:  Click the account that you want to open. Use one of the following procedures:  If you want the summary resource assignment information to be loaded, click to select the Load summary resource assignments check box. If you do not want the summary resource assignment information to be loaded, click to clear the Load summary resource assignments check box.</li></ul> </li> Click Connect.</li></ol> </li></ol>

Method 2: Modify the registry
Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

Note The change that you make when you use this method will be persistent. The change will also be reflected in the Load summary resource assignments check box in the Project Server Accounts dialog box. <ol> Quit Project 2003.</li> Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.</li> Locate and then click the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\MS Project\Profiles

</li> Right-click LoadSummaryResourceAssignments, and then click Modify.</li> In the Value data box, use one of the following procedures: <ul> If you want the summary resource assignment information to be loaded, type Yes .</li> If you do not want the summary resource assignment information to be loaded, type No .</li></ul> </li> Click OK.</li> On the File menu, click Exit to quit Registry Editor.</li></ol>

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