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.
RESOLUTION
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:
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
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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
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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