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Anyone recommend a freeware calendar like Remind-Me ($-ware, but nice)?
It must be there all the time in the sys-tray and capable of storing
birthdays, holidays, appointments and such. It should remind me with a
sound/text prompt at a time I decide. I have Outlook/office calendar
which would be ideal, but I don't want to have that lot running all the
time and want it when I am offline. The screen should not be garish and
I don't want my star sign and all the other extras that some of them
have. A month display would be fine.
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Anyone recommend a freeware calendar like Remind-Me ($-ware, but nice)?
It must be there all the time in the sys-tray and capable of storing
birthdays, holidays, appointments and such. It should remind me with a
sound/text prompt at a time I decide. I have Outlook/office calendar
which would be ideal, but I don't want to have that lot running all the
time and want it when I am offline. The screen should not be garish and
I don't want my star sign and all the other extras that some of them
have. A month display would be fine.
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Winalarm is very good and able.Its my second choice to remind me.
http://winalarm.neostrada.pl/
me
 
I use Rainlendar, very good.

http://www.ipi.fi/~rainy/index.php?pn=projects&project=rainlendar

Direct download:
http://www.ipi.fi/~rainy/Rainlendar/rainlendar-0.19.3.zip
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I like it, but it wont let me specify event time (hour:minute)
Anyone know a similar prog with the following features
- small (no setup if possible)
- allow specify date / hour /minute in events
- alarm
- stores all configs and data under the exe folder or allows to
specify a folder, so i can use my flah pen and use it in different
pcs/locations

thank you.
 
Anyone recommend a freeware calendar like Remind-Me ($-ware, but
nice)? It must be there all the time in the sys-tray and capable
of storing birthdays, holidays, appointments and such. It should
remind me with a sound/text prompt at a time I decide. I have
Outlook/office calendar which would be ideal, but I don't want to
have that lot running all the time and want it when I am offline.
The screen should not be garish and I don't want my star sign and
all the other extras that some of them have. A month display would
be fine.
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Jim,

Take a look at UK's Kalendar here:

<http://www.8ung.at/ukrebs/>

direct:

<http://www.8ung.at/ukrebs/download/Setup.exe>

~1162kB

<quote>
"UK's Kalender" is a MS Windows program intended to remind you of
upcoming events and todos. There are several views for your dates
that are organized similar to a calendar sheet. Dates and
appointments can be entered into the calendar via an input form.You
can enter a forewarn time, so as long as "UK's Kalender" is running
in the background you'll be reminded of your dates as soon as the
forewarn time is reached.

Independent from the calendar function there is also a todo list
where you can enter tasks with a deadline and a forewarn time. If
the forewarn time is reached, "UK's Kalender" will inform you of the
due tasks with symbols and colors.
</quote>

Tony
 
Take a look at UK's Kalendar here:

<http://www.8ung.at/ukrebs/>

direct:

<http://www.8ung.at/ukrebs/download/Setup.exe>

~1162kB

<quote>
"UK's Kalender" is a MS Windows program intended to remind you of
upcoming events and todos. There are several views for your dates
that are organized similar to a calendar sheet. Dates and
appointments can be entered into the calendar via an input form.You
can enter a forewarn time, so as long as "UK's Kalender" is running
in the background you'll be reminded of your dates as soon as the
forewarn time is reached.

Independent from the calendar function there is also a todo list
where you can enter tasks with a deadline and a forewarn time. If
the forewarn time is reached, "UK's Kalender" will inform you of the
due tasks with symbols and colors.
</quote>

Tony
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This IS promising.
Thanks :o)
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Jim

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Anyone recommend a freeware calendar like Remind-Me ($-ware, but nice)?
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Sorry I do not know the program Remind-Me, so I can't compare.

My favorite reminder is ClockX. http://www.tenzor.cz/clocx/

Uses relatively few low resources. Drag to a CD or flash drive and take it
with you anywhere. Shows a very pretty transparent analog clock anywhere on
your screen, with click-through. (never gets in the way) Many nice clock
faces, many options. Very simple and reliable reminder. The calendar itself
is small, and does not show events or scheduled alarms. The reminder is
super-easy to set.



Bob
 
I use Rainlendar, very good.

I like rainlendar, too, but I had to discontinue it because it crashed every
time I closed it. There was a conflict in the system somewhere, but I couldn't
find it.

Connie
 
This is a fantastic calendar and schedule keeper. I have been using it for
about a month and never had any problems with it. It has more than you could
ask to keep track of the minor and major things you need to remember.
(including alarms for date time and good graphics)
 
did said:
A very good calendar. I find it a must for my household!
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I love it - definitely the best freeware calendar/reminder/to do program.
You just have to make sure you spend a bit of time looking through all
the options. Once you realise its full potential it's great!
 
Jim said:
UK's Kalendar is perfect. Even better than Remind-me for me.
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I've just had a look at it for a while. It is certainly very good.
But Remind-Me is slightly faster and feels more efficient on my
machine. And has a better tray icon. And the year view is loads
better. And it is more configurable...
 
I've just had a look at it for a while. It is certainly very good.
But Remind-Me is slightly faster and feels more efficient on my
machine. And has a better tray icon. And the year view is loads
better. And it is more configurable...
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Yes, I miss the date on the tray icon, but never use the year view.

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Jim

Tyneside - North East of England
To email me directly omit the X from my address
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did said:
I've just had a look at it for a while. It is certainly very good.
But Remind-Me is slightly faster and feels more efficient on my
machine. And has a better tray icon. And the year view is loads
better. And it is more configurable...
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.....And it is not freeware.... so as far as this ng is concerned, that is
where UK has a huge advantage (and when it came to shareware apps, I must
say I ended up having a slight preference for Windates anyway, although
it was a very close decision.)

I don't know about it being more configurable either. There are
different configuration options, and you have to dig fairly deep to find
some of UK's. UK's tray icon changes colour when a to-do becomes due,
and you can configure the tool-tip for the tray icon. And it has
individual reminder windows; etc, etc. They all have their strengths and
weaknesses, depending on your personal preferences; UK is the only
freeware I've seen that even comes close to these shareware apps, and I
think it even outdoes them in some areas.
 
....And it is not freeware.... so as far as this ng is concerned, that
is where UK has a huge advantage (and when it came to shareware apps,
I must say I ended up having a slight preference for Windates anyway,
although it was a very close decision.)
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Nor is Windates?
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Jim

Tyneside - North East of England
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....And it is not freeware.... so as far as this ng is concerned, that is
where UK has a huge advantage (and when it came to shareware apps, I must
say I ended up having a slight preference for Windates anyway, although
it was a very close decision.)

I don't know about it being more configurable either. There are
different configuration options, and you have to dig fairly deep to find
some of UK's. UK's tray icon changes colour when a to-do becomes due,
and you can configure the tool-tip for the tray icon. And it has
individual reminder windows; etc, etc. They all have their strengths and
weaknesses, depending on your personal preferences; UK is the only
freeware I've seen that even comes close to these shareware apps, and I
think it even outdoes them in some areas.
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Everyone's needs are different. I tried MANY freeware and shareware calendar
programs and I put my money down for Remind-Me (it's still not perfect but
the closest I have found to what I want). Yes I know this is a freeware news
group but sometimes freeware just doesn't do what I need/want.
 
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