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How to make Outlook Calendar reminders stay on top in Windows 7

I'm just starting to use Windows 7 and I want to know how to make my Outlook reminders pop up and show themselves prominently. They keep opening discreetly, as just another window in the Outlook stack on the taskbar. As a result, I keep…
thursdaysgeek
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Slackbot how to set a reminder for last wednesday of the month or last day of the month

With slackbot, is it possible to set a reminder for every last Wednesday of the month or last day of the month?
svassr
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How to restore dismissed reminders in Outlook 2010?

How would I retrieve all the dismissed reminders in Outlook 2010?
Admin
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Reminding user to complete particular task(s) in Windows 7 before PC shuts down?

Is there a way that Windows 7 can remind me (with a dialog box for example) to complete some particular tasks before shutting down, such as locking my secret files and logging out from some services?
Chetan Sharma
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How do I get a remind for emails I sent that remain unanswered after a period of time?

Here's a simple scenario I can't find any free solutions to: I am sending an email to a client to which I want to get a response within 3 days. If I get a response, I don't want to be bothered with false-positive reminders. If I don't get a…
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What tool can give me a hourly reminder?

I'm looking for a tool, that can alert me every hour with a popup and a message (like "take your medicine..") I'm running Windows XP.
gsharp
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Disable Time Machine reminder on Mac

While giving a presentation in Keynote for a job interview, the presentation suddenly exit and I got a Time Machine message telling me that the last backup was more than x days ago, which was very bad timing. Is there a way to disable this reminder?…
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Cannot dismiss or snooze reminders

I seem to have encountered a zombie reminder that doesn't want to die. A few weeks ago I had an issue where I had a reminder from weeks gone by pop up in my Reminder window in Outlook 2010. Due in: 2 weeks overdue. Weird, I thought. So I did the…
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How to create recurring reminders in Outlook 2010?

I want to create a follow-up/task with a reminder which will remind me this follow-up/task at 10th of each month, the reminder should pop-up a window and play a sound at 10th of each month, just like in regular "follow-up"s. How can I do this in…
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Outlook end of meeting reminder

Is there a way to make Outlook show a reminder when a meeting is ending? Sometimes I schedule meetings for myself to focus on one specific task for an hour or so, and it would be very useful to be reminded to get back to other tasks when the…
Alex Beynenson
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Can multiple reminders be set as default in Thunderbird?

Is it possible to set Thunderbird so that when a new calendar item is added, multiple reminders can be created, by default? For example, the first reminder might be for two days in advance, to prepare for an event, and the second reminder 30 minutes…
DrMoishe Pippik
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Mac Outlook 2017 - changing the default Reminder window location

I use Outlook 2017 on Mac. The reminder by default pops up on the lower right corner of the screen, which is like a blind spot to me. Sometimes when I am focused, I just didn't notice the reminder until it is too late. I can move the reminder window…
some user
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Set default reminder to "None" in Windows 8.1 Calendar app

Almost all appointments I create in the Windows 8.1 Calendar app do not require reminders, but any appointment created in this app has this option set. So in all those cases I expand the detailed properties of the newly created appointment and set…
Tecman
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Mediawiki Releases RSS Feed?

Suppose I run a small wiki powered by MediaWiki. I want to keep mediawiki up to date, but in order to do this I need to remember to check the Mediawiki homepage. This can get quite tedious, so I have been looking for an RSS/Atom feed that I can add…
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Is there a Page Snooze add-on for Firefox?

I'm really taken by the Google Chrome extension "Page Snooze", which lets you close a tab and schedule it to reappear in say a week. Is there any add-on/extension like Page Snooze for Firefox?
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