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From: barry on 21 Apr 2010 12:05 Does anyone from Microsoft read these issues? What is the workaround for this? Will this issue be fixed? I'm tired of missing meetings/conf calls because the reminders are not working. I guess they are "working" but are hidden behind windows... thus I'm not reminded. This is VERY poor design. "Lindsay Graham" wrote: > On 23 Feb 2010 at 12:30, Lindsay Graham wrote: > > My wife has Outlook 2003 under Windows XP. When she had Outlook 2000 > > (or 2002, I'm not sure), each reminder arrived in its own pop-up window, > > but in Outlook 2003, they appear only in the taskbar (and therefore tend > > not to get noticed) and several reminders are grouped together. I've > > read all the recent threads on this topic, and share the frustration of > > those who just cannot understand why MS would remove the option to have > > pop-up reminders. > > > > In several threads, jmaxon wrote: > > "This is annoying me as well. It appears to be an issue with Windows 7 > > (Win7), not Outlook. By default, Win7 combines the taskbar buttons. By > > doing so the Reminder gets embedded into the "grouping" behind the > > Outlook icon. This makes the reminder difficult to notice. > > > > "If you change the "Taskbar buttons" setting under the "Taskbar and > > Start Menu Properties" to "Never combine," then the grouping separates > > and the reminder pops-up in front of whatever else you have open. > > > > "I'm hoping that Microsoft comes up with a fix for this, as I'm sure > > more and more people are going to become annoyed." > > > > Is there a similar solution in Outlook 2003/Win XP? > > > > Lindsay Graham > > Canberra, Australia > > I've had no replies to this post, but I have done quite a bit of > research, which unfortunately seems to indicate that there is no > workaround for this Outlook deficiency. I've seen a *lot* of people > complaining about Microsoft's decision to change from pop-up to taskbar. > > Has anyone here heard of a workaround? -- I guess I thought the change > had been so unpopular that someone would have found a way to bring back > the pop-up option. > > In the absence of a workaround, what is the best way to get the message > through to Microsoft in the hope that they will do something about it? > > Here's hoping. > > Lindsay > . >
From: Bob I on 21 Apr 2010 14:11 Answer to the first question is no, this is a public newsgroup populated by users helping users. If you want to find out directly what Microsoft has to say you will need to contact their tech support. barry wrote: > Does anyone from Microsoft read these issues? What is the workaround for > this? Will this issue be fixed? > > I'm tired of missing meetings/conf calls because the reminders are not > working. I guess they are "working" but are hidden behind windows... thus > I'm not reminded. > > This is VERY poor design. > > > > "Lindsay Graham" wrote: > > >>On 23 Feb 2010 at 12:30, Lindsay Graham wrote: >> >>>My wife has Outlook 2003 under Windows XP. When she had Outlook 2000 >>>(or 2002, I'm not sure), each reminder arrived in its own pop-up window, >>>but in Outlook 2003, they appear only in the taskbar (and therefore tend >>>not to get noticed) and several reminders are grouped together. I've >>>read all the recent threads on this topic, and share the frustration of >>>those who just cannot understand why MS would remove the option to have >>>pop-up reminders. >>> >>>In several threads, jmaxon wrote: >>>"This is annoying me as well. It appears to be an issue with Windows 7 >>>(Win7), not Outlook. By default, Win7 combines the taskbar buttons. By >>>doing so the Reminder gets embedded into the "grouping" behind the >>>Outlook icon. This makes the reminder difficult to notice. >>> >>>"If you change the "Taskbar buttons" setting under the "Taskbar and >>>Start Menu Properties" to "Never combine," then the grouping separates >>>and the reminder pops-up in front of whatever else you have open. >>> >>>"I'm hoping that Microsoft comes up with a fix for this, as I'm sure >>>more and more people are going to become annoyed." >>> >>>Is there a similar solution in Outlook 2003/Win XP? >>> >>>Lindsay Graham >>>Canberra, Australia >> >>I've had no replies to this post, but I have done quite a bit of >>research, which unfortunately seems to indicate that there is no >>workaround for this Outlook deficiency. I've seen a *lot* of people >>complaining about Microsoft's decision to change from pop-up to taskbar. >> >>Has anyone here heard of a workaround? -- I guess I thought the change >>had been so unpopular that someone would have found a way to bring back >>the pop-up option. >> >>In the absence of a workaround, what is the best way to get the message >>through to Microsoft in the hope that they will do something about it? >> >>Here's hoping. >> >>Lindsay >>. >>
From: Diane Poremsky [MVP] on 21 Apr 2010 18:23 In Outlook 2003 and later the reminders are in a single window. The reminder window comes up on the screen but doesn't always take focus if you are busy in another program - most users find it annoying when the reminder comes up as they are typing. If you want the reminder window to come up on the screen, you need to have the reminder window in the background, not minimized. When its minimized, it will only flash on the task bar. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/ Outlook Tips by email: mailto:dailytips-subscribe-request(a)lists.outlooktips.net EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange: mailto:EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST(a)PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM New Poll: What type of email account is your main account? http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=42402 "barry" <barry(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:68624222-DE84-4DC3-96C5-6554D3386B43(a)microsoft.com... > Does anyone from Microsoft read these issues? What is the workaround for > this? Will this issue be fixed? > > I'm tired of missing meetings/conf calls because the reminders are not > working. I guess they are "working" but are hidden behind windows... thus > I'm not reminded. > > This is VERY poor design. > > > > "Lindsay Graham" wrote: > >> On 23 Feb 2010 at 12:30, Lindsay Graham wrote: >> > My wife has Outlook 2003 under Windows XP. When she had Outlook 2000 >> > (or 2002, I'm not sure), each reminder arrived in its own pop-up >> > window, >> > but in Outlook 2003, they appear only in the taskbar (and therefore >> > tend >> > not to get noticed) and several reminders are grouped together. I've >> > read all the recent threads on this topic, and share the frustration of >> > those who just cannot understand why MS would remove the option to have >> > pop-up reminders. >> > >> > In several threads, jmaxon wrote: >> > "This is annoying me as well. It appears to be an issue with Windows 7 >> > (Win7), not Outlook. By default, Win7 combines the taskbar buttons. By >> > doing so the Reminder gets embedded into the "grouping" behind the >> > Outlook icon. This makes the reminder difficult to notice. >> > >> > "If you change the "Taskbar buttons" setting under the "Taskbar and >> > Start Menu Properties" to "Never combine," then the grouping separates >> > and the reminder pops-up in front of whatever else you have open. >> > >> > "I'm hoping that Microsoft comes up with a fix for this, as I'm sure >> > more and more people are going to become annoyed." >> > >> > Is there a similar solution in Outlook 2003/Win XP? >> > >> > Lindsay Graham >> > Canberra, Australia >> >> I've had no replies to this post, but I have done quite a bit of >> research, which unfortunately seems to indicate that there is no >> workaround for this Outlook deficiency. I've seen a *lot* of people >> complaining about Microsoft's decision to change from pop-up to taskbar. >> >> Has anyone here heard of a workaround? -- I guess I thought the change >> had been so unpopular that someone would have found a way to bring back >> the pop-up option. >> >> In the absence of a workaround, what is the best way to get the message >> through to Microsoft in the hope that they will do something about it? >> >> Here's hoping. >> >> Lindsay >> . >>
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