Description of the Microsoft Office Project 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: October 29, 2004 (887803)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003
  • Microsoft Office Project Standard 2003

SUMMARY

Microsoft has released the Microsoft Project 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package for Microsoft Office Project 2003. This article describes the following items about the hotfix package:

  • The issues that the hotfix package fixes
  • The 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

Article contents

INTRODUCTION

This article describes the Microsoft Project 2003 issues that are fixed in the Microsoft Project 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package that is dated October 29, 2004.

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Issues that the hotfix package fixes

This hotfix package fixes the following issues that were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
  • When you first save a new project plan in Microsoft Project 2003, resources from an existing project plan may be saved as part of the new project plan. This issue occurs if the existing project plan is open when you first save the new project plan.
  • When you update the Notify your manager of time you will not be available for work (Vacation) field in Microsoft Project Web Access (PWA) to zero (0) or backspace to remove the hours that were submitted earlier, and then the project manager accepts the changes that you submitted, the hours for the Work scheduled for task Vacation task are not updated.
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MORE INFORMATION

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Microsoft Project 2003 service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. 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/contactus/?ws=support

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.

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Prerequisites

This hotfix is a post-Microsoft Project 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) hotfix. To install the hotfix, you must have Microsoft Project 2003 SP1 installed.

For additional information about Project 2003 Service Pack 1, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

837240 Description of Project 2003 Service Pack 1


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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 additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

889089 Description of the Microsoft Office Project 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: November 9, 2004


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Registry information

You do not have to create or modify any registry keys to activate any hotfixes that this package contains.

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Hotfix file information

This hotfix contains only those files that are required 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
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   29-Oct-2004   20:12   11.0.2004.7029   6,328,552   Project2003-kb887803-fullfile.exe

Microsoft Windows Installer .msp file information
   Date          Time    Size        File name
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   29-Oct-2004   20:11   6,860,800   Project2003-kb887803-fullfile.msp

After the hotfix is installed, the global version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table:
   Date          Time    Version          Size         File name
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   29-Oct-2004   20:06   11.1.2004.2027   11,316,568   Winproj.exe
   29-Oct-2004   20:00   11.2004.0.726       719,720   Anlyzts.dll      
   29-Oct-2004   20:01   11.0.6300.0          61,120   Blnmgr.dll       
   29-Oct-2004   20:02   11.1.2004.2005      924,536   Pj11od11.dll     
   29-Oct-2004   20:03   11.1.2004.2027      265,472   Pj11tm11.dll     
   29-Oct-2004   20:04   11.1.2004.2005    4,230,400   Pjoledb.dll      
   29-Oct-2004   20:05   11.1.2004.2005      641,912   Serconv.dll
For additional information about how to install this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the hotfix package.

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REFERENCES

For additional 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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Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:4/7/2006
Keywords:kbQFE KBHotfixServer kbsavefile kbBug kbHotfixRollup kbfix kbProject2003PreSP2fix KB887803 kbAudEndUser kbAudITPRO
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