Does Outlook have to be open for my calendar reminders to pop up?

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When i set reminders for events on Microsoft Outlook Calendar, they only pop
up if I have the program open. When I used to use the old Microsift Works
calendar, the reminders would occur even if Microsoft Works was not open.

How can I ensure that reminders will be ubiquitous?
 
Bill said:
When i set reminders for events on Microsoft Outlook Calendar, they
only pop up if I have the program open. When I used to use the old
Microsift Works calendar, the reminders would occur even if Microsoft
Works was not open.
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Microsoft Works has a small reminder engine that runs at start up. Outlook
doesn't and needs to be running in order for your reminders to work.
 
Will Outlook Calendar in the near future have the ability to have the
reminders occur on your desktop even if Outlook isn't running?
 
When is Microsoft going to get into the 21st. century? I have been waiting
for calendar reminders since replacing Microsoft Works with Office 2003. My
MISTAKE!(Microsoft Works has a small reminder engine that runs at start up.
Outlook
doesn't and needs to be running in order for your reminders to work.) How
difficult could it be to use same technology with Office Calendar ? We who
need reminders do not always have our Office Program open throughout the day
and this reminder is very important to those of us with various appointments
throughout the day. Please consider this most urgent need and request for
your loyal constomers. User friendly is great!
 
The reminder engine in Works uses different technology than Outlook- outlook
uses the MAPI service and needs to load and run in the background for a
reminder service to use it. Minimize outlook to the tray and you won't know
its running - you'll get reminders as needed.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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Do you know if there is a way to have Alerts and Reminders work for everyone
who uses a calendar that one person created and shared and allows others to
creat, edit, and delte items from the calendar?

We can see the apppointments and change them but only the person who created
the original shared custom calendar gets the 15 minite alerts?? WE use
Outlook 2007 and Exchange 2003 Server

Thanks
Bob

Diane Poremsky said:
The reminder engine in Works uses different technology than Outlook- outlook
uses the MAPI service and needs to load and run in the background for a
reminder service to use it. Minimize outlook to the tray and you won't know
its running - you'll get reminders as needed.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

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donb said:
When is Microsoft going to get into the 21st. century? I have been waiting
for calendar reminders since replacing Microsoft Works with Office 2003.
My
MISTAKE!(Microsoft Works has a small reminder engine that runs at start
up.
Outlook
doesn't and needs to be running in order for your reminders to work.) How
difficult could it be to use same technology with Office Calendar ? We who
need reminders do not always have our Office Program open throughout the
day
and this reminder is very important to those of us with various
appointments
throughout the day. Please consider this most urgent need and request for
your loyal constomers. User friendly is great!
Click to expand...
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POOR ANSWER. I miss the reminders popping up when I turn on my computer.
Seems strange that although the 'TECHNOLOGY' is different from the Works
calendar compared to the Outlook 2007 calendar that your professional
software engineers haven't yet found a solution to this dilemma; Especially
since the first posting was over 4 years ago.

Diane Poremsky said:
The reminder engine in Works uses different technology than Outlook- outlook
uses the MAPI service and needs to load and run in the background for a
reminder service to use it. Minimize outlook to the tray and you won't know
its running - you'll get reminders as needed.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


donb said:
When is Microsoft going to get into the 21st. century? I have been waiting
for calendar reminders since replacing Microsoft Works with Office 2003.
My
MISTAKE!(Microsoft Works has a small reminder engine that runs at start
up.
Outlook
doesn't and needs to be running in order for your reminders to work.) How
difficult could it be to use same technology with Office Calendar ? We who
need reminders do not always have our Office Program open throughout the
day
and this reminder is very important to those of us with various
appointments
throughout the day. Please consider this most urgent need and request for
your loyal constomers. User friendly is great!
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JOY said:
POOR ANSWER.
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Jeeeze! Just because it's not what you want to hear, although it's correct,
does not make it a "poor" answer!
I miss the reminders popping up when I turn on my computer.
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Then add Outlook to your start-up folder....
Seems strange that although the 'TECHNOLOGY' is different from the Works
calendar compared to the Outlook 2007 calendar that your professional
software engineers haven't yet found a solution to this dilemma;
Especially
since the first posting was over 4 years ago.
Click to expand...

No-one here works for Microsoft so they aren't "our" software engineers.....
 
Outlook isn't included in the Home and Student version for a reason.
POOR ANSWER. I miss the reminders popping up when I turn on my computer.
Seems strange that although the 'TECHNOLOGY' is different from the Works
calendar compared to the Outlook 2007 calendar that your professional
software engineers haven't yet found a solution to this dilemma; Especially
since the first posting was over 4 years ago.

:

The reminder engine in Works uses different technology than Outlook- outlook
uses the MAPI service and needs to load and run in the background for a
reminder service to use it. Minimize outlook to the tray and you won't know
its running - you'll get reminders as needed.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


When is Microsoft going to get into the 21st. century? I have been waiting
for calendar reminders since replacing Microsoft Works with Office 2003.
My
MISTAKE!(Microsoft Works has a small reminder engine that runs at start
up.
Outlook
doesn't and needs to be running in order for your reminders to work.) How
difficult could it be to use same technology with Office Calendar ? We who
need reminders do not always have our Office Program open throughout the
day
and this reminder is very important to those of us with various
appointments
throughout the day. Please consider this most urgent need and request for
your loyal constomers. User friendly is great!


:


MS hasn't announced future features in Outlook...


Will Outlook Calendar in the near future have the ability to have the
reminders occur on your desktop even if Outlook isn't running?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Bill said:
When i set reminders for events on Microsoft Outlook Calendar, they only pop
up if I have the program open. When I used to use the old Microsift Works
calendar, the reminders would occur even if Microsoft Works was not open.

How can I ensure that reminders will be ubiquitous?
Click to expand...
 
I have an issue with my outlook. WE are currenlty using 2003 and every one
else's reminder's pop up 30 or so minutes before theactual appoinment begins
but mine doesn't. It used to but some how stopped and i dont know why. I
have been trying to figure out a way to get them to pop up againbut the only
time they pop up is when i completely turn off my computer and open outlook
they show up. Does anyone know how to fix this????
 
Funny, I used to get pop up reminders with my Outlook 2003, but no longer get
them in 2007--even if I have the program open and minimized. Has anyone from
Microsoft addressed this question yet? I can't find any option settings
regarding reminders.
 
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