Microsoft KB Archive/178310

= PRJ: Error Message Indicating Nonworking Time When Moving a Task =

Article ID: 178310

Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 4.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 4.1a
 * Microsoft Project 4.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Project 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q178310



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Project, when you move a task to a new date, you may see a message indicating the day is nonworking, even though the following condition(s) are true:

 Case A: The day is a working day for an assigned resource's calendar.

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 Case B: The task is assigned duration in Elapsed Time Units.



Case A
This problem occurs when a day in the project calendar is set as Nonworking (Saturday for example), and that same day in the resource calendar for the resource assigned to the task is set as Working.

Case B
This problem occurs when you move a task that is assigned Elapsed Duration to a day that is set as Nonworking in the project calendar.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, when the message appears, click to select the Don't tell me about this again check box, and then click OK. Then, move the task again as needed.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Project listed above.

Keywords: kbbug kberrmsg kbpending KB178310

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