Not really a 'biggie' because we did the work - note, we did need an exception to get machines where we had access to an Admin account and had the admin password. took the usual 2 weeks to move the paperwork through and the machines were returned at the end of the test. Im working in a *large* org right now and we had to do something similar on a different project. try installing the d/l files - if it works then its great and if it fails then refresh your machine with the copy you made in step 3. make an image of the fresh machine with the d/l files 5. copy the d/ld files to the fresh machine 4. Your only 'big' (note the quotes) issue is that you might want it set up so that you can easily refresh the machine to an uninstalled state in case something goes wrong during your install.

I suspect that if you made your case (about the file size issue) theyd be willing to give you a loaner so you can try out the possible fix.

you can d/l a free trial of Server and a free trial of Pro and theres some good documentation about installing both on a single machine. ) so Id leave them alone for now.Īs for the server version. If you delete the Actuals then the Task Start will change from the Actual Start to (well, there are a variety of possiblities depending on Predecessor/Successor relationships, task constraint types/dates. I get this error message 'there was a problem sending the command to the program' when opening the file i assume it means it is corrupted. One custom text column with a formula to produce status lights

Tried copying the whole schedule and it just keep loading probably becasue it is to much data But it doesnt change the time it takes to execute certain commands like i listed before.Ĭreating the xml file didnt work still slow Sometimes it reduces the size sometimes it doesnt. I have saved as and renamed file to reduce the size. Adding activities etc.įile Size - sometimes 65k KB sometimes 100k kb. For example clicking on the dropdown menu for the total slack task around 20 seconds to show up. Issue: Ms Project 2010 File is running extreamly slow to the point where many tasks are taking 20 seconds or more to execute. I'm not sure how to go about fixing it so I hope I will get some sort of response to this post asap. I am having what seems like similar issues.

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