You receive a scheduling conflict message when you try to recalculate a project in Microsoft Project 2002

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This article was previously published under Q331975

SYMPTOMS

You may receive a scheduling conflict message when you try to recalculate a project. This behavior occurs when you create a circular reference with cross-project links (dependencies), and you then correct the circular reference.

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RESOLUTION

Service pack information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Project 2002 and Microsoft Project Server 2002. To resolve this problem you must install the latest service pack for both the Microsoft Project 2002 client and the Microsoft Project 2002 server.

For additional information, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

867829 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/867829/ ) How to obtain the latest Microsoft Project 2002 service pack

867830 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/867830/ ) How to obtain the latest Microsoft Project Server 2002 service pack

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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:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;en-us;cntactms)

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   Version            Size    File name
   --------------------------------------------------------------
   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
   --------------------------------------------------------------
   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

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
This problem was first corrected in Project 2002 Service Pack 1 and Project Server 2002 Service Pack 1.

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