Please explain. EVERYONE at Dell AND tech support reps at Microsoft told me
that this is just the new way the Office Basic 2003 operates...I went through
6-8 tech support reps-they have all went through steps to confirm my
settings-and tell me that it's just the way the program works. Looking at
ALL the other messages having the same problem-clearly I'm not alone...

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

That behavior is not by design but happens when you have something locking
Outlook in the background so an instance is still open.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, pb asked:

| I used the Office 2000 and the calendar reminders would pop up on my
| desk top for every reminder that I set. I paid extra to upgrade to
| Office 2003 and now you actually have to open the calendar program
| for the reminder to pop up. If I'm opening the program-and looking
| at the calendar and the events I have entered why would I even need a
| reminder? I'm LOOKING right at it...I dont understand why they would
| take this pop up on the desk top feature away. What purpose is the
| reminder serving if you have to REMEMBER to OPEN the program (or have
| the program open with start up). I'll go back to using my Office
| 2000 and return this one.