Outlook, Reminders, and Windows 7

[Forum Admin]

Do you have problems seeing Outlook reminders because they don't come up "in your face" on Windows 7?

A few people have told me its a problem on Windows XP too, but I don't recall it being as bad as it is with Outlook 2010 on Windows 7 - I miss more meetings since switching to Outlook 2010 than i ever did before.

Because I can't count on seeing Outlook reminders, I either write the meetings on post it notes and stick them to my monitor, or if i have a lot of meetings scheduled, i print out my daily calendar and tape it to the monitor.

What methods do you use to avoid missing meetings?

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[LennyTheComputerGuy]

Call me old school but I'm still using OL2003 on an XP and a Vista computer and I get the pop up windows on my screen and the orange flashing in my task bar. I did change the sound for the reminder to be more than just the "ding", to make sure I pay attention to the alert. I also set the reminder to pop up earlier than I actually *need* it to remind me and then I hit the snooze button after changing the time I want it to snooze for. This double-reminder usually makes sure I don't *forget* an appointment.

I should add that I regularly change the sounds for my various reminders since we all get use to sounds we hear to regularly... like some people can live next to an airport or train tracks and get use to that racket. I find that George Carlin screaming out some obscene reminder works best... in my home office. :-) Maybe not in a *normal* office environment. There are thousands of funny to more serious .wav files that can be downloaded and used instead of the default choices.

[Darth Andy]

Forcing a popup with a bit of VB might work:

Private Sub Application_Reminder(ByVal Item As Object)
    
    If TypeOf Item Is AppointmentItem Then
    MsgBox "Message text goes here", vbSystemModal, "Message title goes here"
    End If
    
End Sub

It'll bring Outlook and a message box to the front, stealing focus from whatever you're typing.