Windows Vista Serious Vista Calendar problem

[MikeH]

Am I posting this in the right place? Haven't gotten any response so I'll
try again.

A serious problem I am having with Vista calendar is that it is frequently
not alerting me to appointments/events. Sometimes days will go by and
abruptly I'm presented with a list of past due items. There may be a "good"
reason for
this happening but I can't imagine what it is as I log into the account
associated with the calendar at least once a day. I have been running with
the option "Reminders should show when Windows Calendar is not running" set.


Also, is there any way to truly share a calendar between users on the same
machine? I've used the sharing options but always end up with copies of the
calendar and they don't update themselves when another user makes a change.

 

[Nonny]

Re: Serious Vista Calendar problem

On Tue, 27 May 2008 14:33:15 -0700, "MikeH" <MikeH@somewhere.net>
wrote:

>Am I posting this in the right place? Haven't gotten any response so I'll
>try again.

You got several responses when youi last asked this question over a
month ago:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/6h35wp



>A serious problem I am having with Vista calendar is that it is frequently
>not alerting me to appointments/events. Sometimes days will go by and
>abruptly I'm presented with a list of past due items. There may be a "good"
>reason for
>this happening but I can't imagine what it is as I log into the account
>associated with the calendar at least once a day. I have been running with
>the option "Reminders should show when Windows Calendar is not running" set.
>
>
>Also, is there any way to truly share a calendar between users on the same
>machine? I've used the sharing options but always end up with copies of the
>calendar and they don't update themselves when another user makes a change.

 

[Bill Yanaire]

Re: Serious Vista Calendar problem

On May 27, 2:39 pm, Nonny <nonnymo...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 27 May 2008 14:33:15 -0700, "MikeH" <Mi...@somewhere.net>
> wrote:
>
> >Am I posting this in the right place?  Haven't gotten any response so I'll
> >try again.
>
> You got several responses when youi last asked this question over a
> month ago:
>
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/6h35wp
>
>
>
> >A serious problem I am having with Vista calendar is that it is frequently
> >not alerting me to appointments/events.  Sometimes days will go by and
> >abruptly I'm presented with a list of past due items.  There may be a "good"
> >reason for
> >this happening but I can't imagine what it is as I log into the account
> >associated with the calendar at least once a day.  I have been running with
> >the option "Reminders should show when Windows Calendar is not running" set.
>
> >Also, is there any way to truly share a calendar between users on the same
> >machine?  I've used the sharing options but always end up with copies of the
> >calendar and they don't update themselves when another user makes a change.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Show us your BADGE, Mr. Net Cop

 

[MikeH]

Re: Serious Vista Calendar problem

I saw and responded to one response (my 4/22 posting). I think the rest of
the thread went out of my Windows Mail queue before I saw them. Having said
that I am finding the proposed solutions a bit too technical. I don't use
standby or sleep. My computer is shut down every night. I took Windows
calendar out of my startup folder as that was identified as a possible
problem (trying to run in background and also bringing it up as a foreground
task). In any event I don't recall any abnormal terminations of Windows
Calendar since then.

I am going to try turning off "Reminders should show when Windows Calendar
is not running", put the calendar back in my startup, and live with it being
in the taskbar all the time.

"Nonny" <nonnymoose@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:eqvo34lqq6isorblef5s6qve77tpjor3i1@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 27 May 2008 14:33:15 -0700, "MikeH" <MikeH@somewhere.net>
> wrote:
>
>>Am I posting this in the right place? Haven't gotten any response so I'll
>>try again.
>
> You got several responses when youi last asked this question over a
> month ago:
>
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/6h35wp
>
>
>
>>A serious problem I am having with Vista calendar is that it is frequently
>>not alerting me to appointments/events. Sometimes days will go by and
>>abruptly I'm presented with a list of past due items. There may be a
>>"good"
>>reason for
>>this happening but I can't imagine what it is as I log into the account
>>associated with the calendar at least once a day. I have been running
>>with
>>the option "Reminders should show when Windows Calendar is not running"
>>set.
>>
>>
>>Also, is there any way to truly share a calendar between users on the same
>>machine? I've used the sharing options but always end up with copies of
>>the
>>calendar and they don't update themselves when another user makes a
>>change.
>

 

[FreddySmith]

Re: Serious Vista Calendar problem


I have not been able to get windows calendar to work for reminders when
not running. However, I have found a rather elegant workaround solution
as follows:

Download a program called 'PowerMenu.exe'. It is freeware. It adds the
ability for most programs to minimize to the system tray by right
clicking on the minimize button.

1. Download 'PowerMenu.exe'. No need to install, just put it in any
folder as it's home base.
2. Put 'PowerMenu.exe' shortcut in startup using the command line
option -hideself on
3. Put Windows Calendar in startup

Both programs will launch on startup. Powermenu will not show anywhere
except the active application list (it is running in the background).
Windows Calendar will show full screen and display any reminders; then
right click the minimize button in Calendar and a menu option generated
from powermenu will allow you to minimize to the system tray. In this
way, Calendar runs all of the time but is minimized to the system tray
and you only ever see reminders.

Not a perfect solution but a reasonable workaround for the problem of
not running when not active.


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