Task Inspector Error in Project 2013

I have set up a project with Tasks, Resources (allocated to tasks) and task linkages.
I have some Tasks with Over allocated resources, so was going to use the task inspector to reschedule these tasks.
When I try to use the Task Inspector the software "hangs" and I have to crash it and restart. But the task has not been rescheduled.
Is this a known bug? and is there a workaround?
Levelling doesn't work either
It doesn't matter if the task is auto or manually scheduled.
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks

AM NZ,
The first question to ask is, do you have SP1 installed? If not, install it. You can download updates from: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/dn789213(v=office.14).
You may also want to read through the description of fixes in each of the cumulative updates that have been released for Project 2013. In particular, the April 2014 cumulative update addresses crash issues given certain task linkages.
John

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