Description of the Microsoft Office Project 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: November 19, 2004 (890073)


The information in this article applies to:

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

SUMMARY

Microsoft has released the Project 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package for Microsoft Project. 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 Project 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package that is dated November 19, 2004.

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Issues that the hotfix package fixes

This hotfix package also fixes the following issues that were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
  • When you create baseline totals for multiple non-adjacent tasks in a Project 2003 project, the Baseline and the Baseline 1 fields do not display the correct totals in the Project Summary Tasks totals.

  • If a local resource or local material resource is listed two times in project plan, a duplicate of the resource is created when you save the project. Every time that you save the project again, the number of copies of the local resource doubles.

    The software update will prevent the problem in the future. However, the software update does not clean up the existing duplicate resources. To clean up the existing duplicate resources, follow these steps:
    1. Open the project plan that contains the duplicate resources in Microsoft Project.
    2. On the View menu, click Resource Sheet.
    3. On the Insert menu, click Column.
    4. In the Field name list, click Unique ID, and then click OK.
    5. Locate and delete all the duplicate resources. This leaves only the resource that has the smallest unique ID.
    6. On the File menu, click Save.

      Note The save operation may take a long time after the initial deletion.
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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 telephone 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 Project 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) hotfix. To install the hotfix, you must have Microsoft Project 2003 SP1 installed.

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

891203 Description of the Microsoft Office Project 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: January 13, 2005



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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   Size       File name
   --------------------------------------------------------
   19-Nov-2004  08:06  6,844,416  Project2003-kb890073-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
   --------------------------------------------------------------
   19-Nov-2004  07:55  11.2004.0.726     719,720  Anlyzts.dll      
   19-Nov-2004  07:56  11.0.6300.0        61,120  Blnmgr.dll       
   19-Nov-2004  07:57  11.1.2004.2005    924,536  Pj11od11.dll     
   19-Nov-2004  07:58  11.1.2004.2027    265,472  Pj11tm11.dll     
   19-Nov-2004  07:59  11.1.2004.2005  4,230,400  Pjoledb.dll      
   19-Nov-2004  08:00  11.1.2004.2005    641,912  Serconv.dll      
   19-Nov-2004  08:01  11.1.2004.2118 11,308,376  Winproj.exe

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 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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Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:4/7/2006
Keywords:kbQFE KBHotfixServer kbHotfixRollup kbfix kbProject2003PreSP2fix KB890073 kbAudITPRO
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