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• How to Enable Project Server 2007 ActiveX Controls on the Client in Secure Environments

Some of the features in Office Project Server 2007 use ActiveX controls on the client to provide functionality. In secured environments, these controls might not have been downloaded and the user might be prevented from downloading them because of security restrictions. You must download and enable these controls on the client for these features to work.

• How to publish a project plan from an earlier version of Project to a server that is running Project Server 2007

This article describes how to publish your project plan from an earlier version of Microsoft Project, such as Microsoft Office Project 2003, to a server that is running Microsoft Office Project Server 2007.

• How to Troubleshoot Active Directory Synchronization Problems in Project Server.

This article walks you through the various causes of Active Diretory synchronization failures in Project Server 2003.

• How to Backup and Restore the Project Server Database

This article explains how you can create, schedule, and restore a backup of your Microsoft Project Server database.

• Resource summary information is displayed by using a time unit other than the time unit that you specify in Project Server 2003

When you view the project in Resource Usage view, you find that the resource summary information is displayed by using a time unit other than the time unit that you specified.

• What is the Difference Between Saving and Publishing a Project Plan to Project Server?

Why isn't saving and publishing a project plan the same thing in Project Server?

• What Happens When Saving or Publishing a Project Plan to Project Server?

What happens behind the scenes when you save or publish a project plan to Project Server?

• Check in Enterprise Projects

Occasionally, projects that are stored in the Microsoft Project Server database will need to be checked in by an administrator.

• Check in Enterprise Resources

Occasionally, resources that are stored in the Microsoft Project Server database will need to be checked in by an administrator.

• Understanding the IIF Function in Formulas

The IIF function, used in many Project formulas, is often a source of confusion. Here is the format of the IIF function: iif(expression, value if true, value if false)

Error Messages

• The installation of Project Server 2003 rolls back with an error message.

This article describes a scenario where the installation of Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 rolls back and a "StartPrjServices: Failed to start service" error message is logged in the verbose installation log file.

• Error Message When You Try to Build an OLAP Cube in Project Server 2003 - "The cube scheduled to be built on <Date Time> failed."

When you try to build an OLAP cube in Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 or in Microsoft Project Server 2002, you receive the following error message: "The cube scheduled to be built on DateTime failed. (-2147217871). Timeout expired."

• Error Message when installing Project Server 2003 with SQL Server 2005

Consider the following scenario. You run the Setup program to install Microsoft Office Project Server 2003. On the "Enter database server information page" of the Setup program, you specify a computer that is running Microsoft SQL Server 2005 as the database server on which to create a new database to use with Project Server 2003.

However, you receive the following error message: "Error 25624. Failed to execute SQL String" and "Installation ended prematurely"

• "Error 5001" Error Message When You Try to Log on to Project Server 2003

When you try to log on to Microsoft Office Project Server 2003, by using Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003, or by using Microsoft Project Web Access, you may receive the following error message: "Microsoft Project was unable to log you on at this time because the Microsoft Project Server database cannot be accessed. Please try again later or check with your Microsoft Project Server administrator. (5001)."

• PJDBComm.dll Blocked by the Administrator

You receive the error message: "The following file(s) have been blocked by the administrator: /isapi/pjdbcomm.dll".

• Client Unable to Establish Connection Error

When you connect to Project Server 2003 with Project Professional you see the error: "Connection Failed".

• You Receive a "Microsoft Project could not open Global.mpt" Error Message

When you try to start Microsoft Office Project 2003 or Microsoft Project 2002, the program does not start. You receive an error message stating that "Microsoft Project could not open Global.mpt".

• You Receive a "Microsoft Project Cannot Log You on Automatically Using Your Windows User Account" Error

When you try to log on to Project Server using Project Pro 2003 or Project Web Access, Microsoft Office Project 2003 or Microsoft Project 2002, the program does not start. Additionally, you receive a message stating that "Microsoft Project Cannot Log You on Automatically Using Your Windows User Account".

• Error When Creating WSS Project Site

You receive the message after publishing a project to Project Server "Error when creating site. Site does not seem to exist in Project Server 2003".

• Windows Update Fails on Project Server with Error: 0x80244017

Matthew McDermott explains on his blog how to work around the problem seen when Windows Update fails on Project Server and responds with an error message: "Error number: 0x80244017"