Microsoft KB Archive/810615

= Cross linked projects experience continuous calculation in Microsoft Project 2002 =

Article ID: 810615

Article Last Modified on 4/7/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Project 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 2002 Professional Edition

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SYMPTOMS
When you use Microsoft Project to create cross project links (dependencies) between several existing projects, and then you save one of the projects to a baseline, you may experience continuous recalculation of all the linked projects. Additionally, when the continuous recalculation is occurring, you experience the following issues:
 * The Microsoft Project program window flickers on your screen.
 * There is an increase of CPU usage by the Winproj.exe file in Microsoft Project.



Service Pack Information
This problem is corrected in Project 2002 Service Pack 1.

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Project 2002. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

867829 How to obtain the latest Microsoft Project 2002 service pack

Hotfix Information
A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to computers that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

NOTE: In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The global version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.   Date         Time   Size       File name --  11-Mar-2003  03:20  8,957,440  Project10.msp After the hotfix is installed, the following files will have the listed attributes or later:   Date         Time   Version         Size        File name --  22-May-2002  22:37  10.0.4109.0      7,445,320  Owc10.dll 18-Oct-2002 03:23  10.0.2002.1017     909,824  Pj10od10.dll 19-Feb-2003 00:24  10.0.2003.218      254,464  Pj10tm10.dll 19-Feb-2003 00:24  10.0.2003.218    4,108,800  Pjoledb.dll 11-Mar-2003 02:22  10.0.2003.310   10,101,248  Winproj.exe



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem was first corrected in Project 2002 Service Pack 1.

Additional query words: FIX

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbnofix kbqfe kbsavefile kbproject2002sp1fix kbhotfixserver KB810615

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