Article ID: 841361
Article Last Modified on 11/15/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003
- Microsoft Office Project Standard 2003
SUMMARY
Microsoft has released Microsoft Office Project 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package for Microsoft Office Project 2003. This article describes the following items about the hotfix package:
- Issues that the hotfix package fixes
- Prerequisites for installing the hotfix package
- Whether you must restart your computer after you install the hotfix package
- Whether the hotfix package is replaced by any other hotfix package
- Whether you must make any registry changes to use one or more of the hotfixes in the package
- The files that the hotfix package contains
SUMMARY
This article describes the Microsoft Office Project 2003 issues that are fixed in the Microsoft Office Project 2003 hotfix package that is dated August 25, 2004.
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Issues that are fixed in the hotfix package
The following issues are fixed in this hotfix package:
840376 Actual Work that is submitted by the local resources may be lost when you synchronize a project that uses Protected Actuals and local resources in Project 2003
843608 How to let Project Professional 2003 connect to your Project Server that is located in the intranet zone without being prompted to add the Project Server as a trusted site
883505 Actual Work Protected values for assignments that are in a Resource view may be blank or display a zero for their values in Project Professional 2003
The following issues are also fixed in this hotfix package, but they were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
- When you synchronize a project plan that uses Protected Actuals in Project 2003, the data that is in the Work field may increase for individual tasks and for Project Summary tasks every time that you synchronize your project plan.
- When you use the Define working times for resources option in the Project Guide, Project 2003 may stop responding if you change the working times after you check out a resource from the Enterprise Resource Pool.
- If you assign yourself to a task in Microsoft Project Web Access (PWA), a duplicate task may be created. Additionally, any one of the following symptoms may occur:
- When the project manager accepts your submitted timesheet in PWA, the project manager receives one of the following error messages:
- When the project manager accepts your submitted timesheet in Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003, the project manager receives the following error message:
- When the project manager republishes the project plan in Project Professional 2003, the project manager receive one of the following spooler error messages:
- After you repeatedly save a baseline and your project plan in Project Professional 2003 as the project manager, the baseline data is incorrect when you reopen and view your project plan in the Resource Usage view.
- When you make changes to an enterprise custom field in your Master Project File in Project 2003, enterprise custom field values that are contained in a task may be blank.
- If you rename custom fields in Project Professional 2003 and then import a Microsoft Excel workbook as a new project, the renamed custom field names are missing in your new project.
- Every time that you synchronize your Protected Actuals in a project plan that contains a managed time period and a material resource that contains submitted actual hours worked, the values that are in the % Complete field, in the Actual Work field, and in the Actual Duration field change.
- Every time that you synchronize your Protected Actuals in a project plan, the value that is in the Actual Duration field increases. This issue may occur even after you install the hotfix that is described in the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
839631 Microsoft Office Project 2003 hotfix package: April 1, 2004
- When you synchronize a project plan that uses Protected Actuals in Project Professional 2003, the values that are in the Work field, the Actual Work field, and the Remaining Work field may change. This issue may occur even after you install the hotfix that is described in the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
839631 Microsoft Office Project 2003 hotfix package: April 1, 2004
When you try to save your project plan in Project Professional 2003, you may receive the following error message:
When you view the data in the error report, the report contains an error signature that is similar to the following error signature:
Application name Application version Module name Module version Offset ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Winproj.exe 11.0.2003.816 Pj11od11.dll 11.0.2003.816 0000729c
When you close your Master Project Plan in Project Professional 2003 and then click to save your sub projects, Project Professional 2003 may quit unexpectedly, and you receive the following error message:
When you view the data in the error report, the report contains an error signature that is similar to the following error signature:
Application name Application version Module name Module version Offset ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Winproj.exe 11.0.2004.401 Winproj.exe 11.0.2004.401 00180c18
- When Project 2003 calculates the BCWP of a task, of a resource, or of an assignment in the Task Usage view, an incorrect earned value is calculated.
- When you export data from Project 2003 by using the Analyze Timescaled Data Wizard, the value that is in the Baseline Cost field may appear incorrect on the Microsoft Excel worksheet.
MORE INFORMATION
Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next service pack that contains this hotfix.
To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
Note If additional issues occur or any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. To create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for installing this hotfix.
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Restart information
You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.
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Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix is replaced by a later hotfix.
For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
885833 Description of the Microsoft Office Project 2003 post-Service Pack 1 Hotfix Package: September 18, 2004
Registry information
You must create or modify a registry key to use one of the hotfixes that this package contains.
For more information about the registry key, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
843608 How to let Project Professional 2003 connect to your Project Server that is located in the intranet zone without being prompted to add the Project Server as a trusted site
Hotfix file information
This hotfix contains only those files that you must have to correct the issues that this article lists. This hotfix may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build.
The global version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) 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.
Download information.
Date Time Version Size File name -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25-Aug-2004 23:10 11.0.2004.6825 4,452,072 Project2003-kb841361-fullfile.exe
Microsoft Windows Installer .msp file information.
Date Time Size File name ---------------------------------------------------------------- 25-Aug-2004 23:09 4,960,768 Project2003-kb841361-fullfile.msp
After you install the hotfix, the global version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or a later version) that are listed in the following table:
Date Time Version Size File name ------------------------------------------------------------ 25-Aug-2004 23:00 11.2004.0.726 719,720 Anlyzts.dll 25-Aug-2004 23:01 11.1.2004.1813 924,536 Pj11od11.dll 25-Aug-2004 23:03 11.1.2004.1813 265,472 Pj11tm11.dll 25-Aug-2004 23:04 11.1.2004.1825 11,307,864 Winproj.exe
Note For more information about how to install this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the package.
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REFERENCES
For more information about the terminology that Microsoft uses when correcting software after it is released, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates
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