Microsoft KB Archive/884058

= A negative work value is unexpectedly displayed for a task when you assign a resource to a task in Project 2003 =

Article ID: 884058

Article Last Modified on 10/17/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003
 * Microsoft Office Project Standard 2003

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SYMPTOMS
When you assign a resource to a task in your project in Microsoft Office Project 2003, you experience the following symptoms when you view the task in Gantt Chart view:
 * A negative work value is unexpectedly displayed for the task.
 * The end date of the task is incorrect.



CAUSE
This problem occurs if the task occurs on a day or at a time that is not within the availability dates and times that are specified for the resource.



RESOLUTION
This problem was first fixed in a hotfix that is now contained in a service pack. If you installed the latest Project 2003 service pack, you do not have to install the hotfix.

Service pack information
This problem is corrected in Project 2003 Service Pack 3.To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Project 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

873459 How to obtain the latest service pack for Project 2003

How to obtain the hotfix
This issue is fixed in the Microsoft Office Project 2003 post-Service Pack 1 Hotfix Package that is dated August 30, 2004. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

883954 Description of the Project 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: August 30, 2004



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

This problem was first corrected in Project 2003 Service Pack 3.

Additional query words: PRJ, PRJ2003, Project2003

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe kbnewfile kbproject2003presp2fix kbhotfixserver kbproject2003sp3fix KB884058

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