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cancel holiday reminders in Outlook
upload it to the outlook screenshot library at xsolive.com.
Did you double click on the Halloween item in the reminder list to open it or just look in the calendar? If there is no reminder on the Halloween appointment, its not coming from Outlook - unless you have multiple pst's and the reminder is set on it in a different pst than the one you looked in. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/ Outlook Tips by email: EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange: Do you keep Outlook open 24/7? Vote in our poll: http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=22205 "roland walters" wrote in message ... No, the reminders are not coming from another app - I just got another Outlook reminder, this time for Halloween. I had just cold booted the machine and Outlook was the only app I had running. I do use Google Sidebar as a Startup item but I don't use any "Gadgets" such as Google Calendars. Of course there are a few other Startup items with Vista but my User list just has MSN Messenger and Media Player. In this case, the notice was for 3 Reminders - two of them are overdue items of mine and the third just says "Halloween". Halloween says it's due in 6 days. Why? Trust me, I didn't set this and if I open the "Halloween" item in the Outlook Calendar is does not show a reminder as being set. I took a screen print of this Reminder dialog box - if you'd like to see it just tell me where/how to upload it. Roland Walters "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: or the Live calendar (If using it) and windows messaging alert. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/ Outlook Tips by email: EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange: Do you keep Outlook open 24/7? Vote in our poll: http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=22205 "Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote in message ... "roland walters" wrote in message ... I don't have any appointments set up for any holidays. The reminders are about the holidays themselves. ("Tomorrow is Columbus Day" or words to that effect) Are you sure the remoner is coming from Outlook and not, say, something like Google Calendars? -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] . |
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cancel holiday reminders in Outlook
"roland walters" wrote in message
... I had just cold booted the machine and Outlook was the only app I had running. I do use Google Sidebar as a Startup item but I don't use any "Gadgets" such as Google Calendars. Of course there are a few other Startup items with Vista but my User list just has MSN Messenger and Media Player. Does MSN Messenger start automatically? I believe it will tap the Windows Live calendar for your account there. Perhaps that's the culprit. If the reminders aren't set in Outlook, then it's not Outlook producing the reminder. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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cancel holiday reminders in Outlook
Diane,
As requested I uploaded the screen shot to your test site. It's titled "Office Reminder". Brian Tillman, suggested that this might come from MSN Messenger accessing my Windows Live Calendar. I guess he's thinking that a reminder in one will be carried out in the other. I think I've found the problem and it turns out that Brian is close to the answer. I have installed the Outlook Connector, so my I can access my Live Calendar along with my Outlook Calendar in the Outlook Calendar view. This provides checkboxes for each calendar you have created, you can view them side by side, etc. I had set up the Live calendars to include the US Holidays as well as my personal calendar. In Live, these are separate things. The Live Holiday calendar shows the holidays, and it provides for an optional holiday ALERT (email or Messenger, I think) but says nothing about reminders for holidays - it doesn't even have a place to choose yes or no for holiday reminders. However, if I check the Live Holiday Calendar box in Outlook's Calendar view, then open the Haloween holiday item, then look at its options, it does, in fact show a reminder for 1 week ahead of the holiday. So, apparently, the Outlook Connector causes Outlook to fire a holiday reminder event in Outlook's own reminder format, on behalf of Live. This may be strange, but it answers the question at last. My own solution is that I've deleted the Live Holiday calendar from my Live profile, so I feel confident that this will eliminate any more silliness. If Live wants to impose reminders they ought to tell the users and make it an option. I'd pass this along to them, but accessing that suggestion area has become a maze - just a hassle. Thanks for the help everyone. "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: upload it to the outlook screenshot library at xsolive.com. Did you double click on the Halloween item in the reminder list to open it or just look in the calendar? If there is no reminder on the Halloween appointment, its not coming from Outlook - unless you have multiple pst's and the reminder is set on it in a different pst than the one you looked in. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/ Outlook Tips by email: EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange: Do you keep Outlook open 24/7? Vote in our poll: http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=22205 "roland walters" wrote in message ... No, the reminders are not coming from another app - I just got another Outlook reminder, this time for Halloween. I had just cold booted the machine and Outlook was the only app I had running. I do use Google Sidebar as a Startup item but I don't use any "Gadgets" such as Google Calendars. Of course there are a few other Startup items with Vista but my User list just has MSN Messenger and Media Player. In this case, the notice was for 3 Reminders - two of them are overdue items of mine and the third just says "Halloween". Halloween says it's due in 6 days. Why? Trust me, I didn't set this and if I open the "Halloween" item in the Outlook Calendar is does not show a reminder as being set. I took a screen print of this Reminder dialog box - if you'd like to see it just tell me where/how to upload it. Roland Walters "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: or the Live calendar (If using it) and windows messaging alert. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/ Outlook Tips by email: EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange: Do you keep Outlook open 24/7? Vote in our poll: http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=22205 "Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote in message ... "roland walters" wrote in message ... I don't have any appointments set up for any holidays. The reminders are about the holidays themselves. ("Tomorrow is Columbus Day" or words to that effect) Are you sure the remoner is coming from Outlook and not, say, something like Google Calendars? -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] . |
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cancel holiday reminders in Outlook
"roland walters" wrote in message
... The Live Holiday calendar shows the holidays, and it provides for an optional holiday ALERT (email or Messenger, I think) but says nothing about reminders for holidays - it doesn't even have a place to choose yes or no for holiday reminders. Yes, that's what Diane said, in effect, on Octoober 15. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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cancel holiday reminders in Outlook
Thanks for letting us know the cause.
-- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/ Outlook Tips by email: EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange: Do you keep Outlook open 24/7? Vote in our poll: http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=22205 "roland walters" wrote in message ... Diane, As requested I uploaded the screen shot to your test site. It's titled "Office Reminder". Brian Tillman, suggested that this might come from MSN Messenger accessing my Windows Live Calendar. I guess he's thinking that a reminder in one will be carried out in the other. I think I've found the problem and it turns out that Brian is close to the answer. I have installed the Outlook Connector, so my I can access my Live Calendar along with my Outlook Calendar in the Outlook Calendar view. This provides checkboxes for each calendar you have created, you can view them side by side, etc. I had set up the Live calendars to include the US Holidays as well as my personal calendar. In Live, these are separate things. The Live Holiday calendar shows the holidays, and it provides for an optional holiday ALERT (email or Messenger, I think) but says nothing about reminders for holidays - it doesn't even have a place to choose yes or no for holiday reminders. However, if I check the Live Holiday Calendar box in Outlook's Calendar view, then open the Haloween holiday item, then look at its options, it does, in fact show a reminder for 1 week ahead of the holiday. So, apparently, the Outlook Connector causes Outlook to fire a holiday reminder event in Outlook's own reminder format, on behalf of Live. This may be strange, but it answers the question at last. My own solution is that I've deleted the Live Holiday calendar from my Live profile, so I feel confident that this will eliminate any more silliness. If Live wants to impose reminders they ought to tell the users and make it an option. I'd pass this along to them, but accessing that suggestion area has become a maze - just a hassle. Thanks for the help everyone. "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: upload it to the outlook screenshot library at xsolive.com. Did you double click on the Halloween item in the reminder list to open it or just look in the calendar? If there is no reminder on the Halloween appointment, its not coming from Outlook - unless you have multiple pst's and the reminder is set on it in a different pst than the one you looked in. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/ Outlook Tips by email: EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange: Do you keep Outlook open 24/7? Vote in our poll: http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=22205 "roland walters" wrote in message ... No, the reminders are not coming from another app - I just got another Outlook reminder, this time for Halloween. I had just cold booted the machine and Outlook was the only app I had running. I do use Google Sidebar as a Startup item but I don't use any "Gadgets" such as Google Calendars. Of course there are a few other Startup items with Vista but my User list just has MSN Messenger and Media Player. In this case, the notice was for 3 Reminders - two of them are overdue items of mine and the third just says "Halloween". Halloween says it's due in 6 days. Why? Trust me, I didn't set this and if I open the "Halloween" item in the Outlook Calendar is does not show a reminder as being set. I took a screen print of this Reminder dialog box - if you'd like to see it just tell me where/how to upload it. Roland Walters "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: or the Live calendar (If using it) and windows messaging alert. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/ Outlook Tips by email: EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange: Do you keep Outlook open 24/7? Vote in our poll: http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=22205 "Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote in message ... "roland walters" wrote in message ... I don't have any appointments set up for any holidays. The reminders are about the holidays themselves. ("Tomorrow is Columbus Day" or words to that effect) Are you sure the remoner is coming from Outlook and not, say, something like Google Calendars? -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] . |
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