Microsoft KB Archive/191233

= PRJ98: Project Stops Responding After Changing Task Actual Work =

Article ID: 191233

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q191233



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Project 98, when you edit the Actual Work field for a task in the Task Usage view, Microsoft Project may stop responding.



CAUSE
This behavior may occur when all of the following conditions are true:


 * The Task Usage view is the active view.


 * Resources are assigned to the task.


 * Actual work has been entered previously on the task.


 * You edit the task actual work in the Actual Work field in a task table.



RESOLUTION
To correct this problem, install Microsoft Project 98 for Windows, Service Release 1 (SR-1).

If you do not have SR-1, you can work around this problem by forcing Microsoft Project to recalculate the project schedule. To do this, follow these steps:


 * 1) On the Tools menu, click Options and click the Calculation tab.
 * 2) Under Calculation, click Automatic. Click OK.
 * 3) Change the duration of any task in the project. This forces a recalculation of the project schedule.
 * 4) On the Edit menu, click Undo Entry. This returns the duration to the original value.

You can now edit your actual work.



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 corrected in Microsoft Project 98 for Windows, ServiceRelease 1 (SR-1).

For additional information about obtaining and installing SR-1, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

185102 PRJ98: How to Obtain and Install MS Project 98 SR-1

Additional query words: hang hangs hanging hung lock up locks locking locked lockup freeze freezes freezing froze frozen stop stopping stopped won't respond waiting

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