Timesheet entries not displaying / disappearing in Tasks View

[KJW]

Our system is Project Server 2003 SP1 on two systems - one server for Project
and WSS, the other the database backend.

I have two users that recently had new installs of Windows XP SP2 put on
their systems. These two users (out of 400+) cannot see any of their
previous timesheet entries through PWA Tasks view. In addition, any new
entries they try to add disappear instantly after selecting the 'Save
Changes' or 'Update' boutton, although the impact on the task remains (the
effect on % Work Completed, remaining hours, etc. is not lost). Internet
Explorer is not returning an script errors.

Even stranger, though, is that one of the users is also a Project Manager,
and time entries from other users appear just fine in his Updates view.

I have checked the ActiveX controls (818046) and the configuration of the
MSADC properties (321357). Normally behavior like this would be resolved
with an MDAC update, but Windows XP will not allow me to install MDAC 2.81.
Any ideas on what else might be causing this?

 

[Gary L. Chefetz [MVP]]

KJW:

XP SP2 includes MDAC 2.81, that's why it won't let you install it.<g> SP2
changes security and firewall settings, have you looked at these?

 

[KJW]

Any specific security settings you had in mind, Gary? I myself am running XP
SP2, firewall enabled, without any diffuculty seeing Timesheet hours in the
Tasks view. For one of the previously-mentioned users, I even tried turning
the firewall off. I checked IE6 for both users, turning off the popup blocker
and putting the server address in the Trusted Sites category, with all the
ActiveX control options - both safe and unsafe - enabled.

Needless to say, none of the things I've tried yet helped.