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win10 calendar does not alert
I've been trying to use the Calendar that comes with Win10 and some
times it alerts me and some times its invisible and silent. Do others have this problem? I don't use any other calendar, like in a phone, so nothing to sync with. It's design is weak other ways too. If I give a time for the appointment it doesnt' say a word until 2 hours in advance. If it's a 8AM thing, I have to get up maybe 6, but normally I sleep later than that, so I have to be reminded the night before. So I just never give a time for anything to be reminded the day before. The settings don't seem to have anything helpful. And the re-remind periods are no good. 5 minutes, 15, 1 hour, 4 hours, 24 hours. Where are 8 and 16 hours. And even 12 and 20? I tried one other calendar and though free, it had so many options it took extra time to make an entry and my head went round and round. Also, the win10 calendar seems to take forever to open, or maybe it's that it puts that big blue square on top of everything long before it actually opens. (I know I can go back to the other window, but it still makes me feel it takes forever to open.) In fact everything that used to be in Control Panel that got moved to Settings seems to take forever to open. |
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win10 calendar does not alert
On 10/14/2018 03:11 PM, micky wrote:
I've been trying to use the Calendar that comes with Win10 and some times it alerts me and some times its invisible and silent. Do others have this problem? I don't use any other calendar, like in a phone, so nothing to sync with. It's design is weak other ways too. If I give a time for the appointment it doesnt' say a word until 2 hours in advance. If it's a 8AM thing, I have to get up maybe 6, but normally I sleep later than that, so I have to be reminded the night before. So I just never give a time for anything to be reminded the day before. The settings don't seem to have anything helpful. And the re-remind periods are no good. 5 minutes, 15, 1 hour, 4 hours, 24 hours. Where are 8 and 16 hours. And even 12 and 20? Or just let you enter a number 1-24! Or x hrs : x mins! Duh! I tried one other calendar and though free, it had so many options it took extra time to make an entry and my head went round and round. Also, the win10 calendar seems to take forever to open, or maybe it's that it puts that big blue square on top of everything long before it actually opens. (I know I can go back to the other window, but it still makes me feel it takes forever to open.) In fact everything that used to be in Control Panel that got moved to Settings seems to take forever to open. |
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win10 calendar does not alert
micky wrote:
I've been trying to use the Calendar that comes with Win10 and some times it alerts me and some times its invisible and silent. Do others have this problem? I don't use any other calendar, like in a phone, so nothing to sync with. It's design is weak other ways too. If I give a time for the appointment it doesnt' say a word until 2 hours in advance. If it's a 8AM thing, I have to get up maybe 6, but normally I sleep later than that, so I have to be reminded the night before. So I just never give a time for anything to be reminded the day before. The settings don't seem to have anything helpful. And the re-remind periods are no good. 5 minutes, 15, 1 hour, 4 hours, 24 hours. Where are 8 and 16 hours. And even 12 and 20? I tried one other calendar and though free, it had so many options it took extra time to make an entry and my head went round and round. Also, the win10 calendar seems to take forever to open, or maybe it's that it puts that big blue square on top of everything long before it actually opens. (I know I can go back to the other window, but it still makes me feel it takes forever to open.) In fact everything that used to be in Control Panel that got moved to Settings seems to take forever to open. Could you tie the Windows Alarm Clock into this horror story of missed appointments ? There's supposed to be an Alarm Clock function. Paul |
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win10 calendar does not alert
On Sun, 14 Oct 2018 15:11:27 -0400, micky
wrote: I've been trying to use the Calendar that comes with Win10 and some times it alerts me and some times its invisible and silent. Do others have this problem? I don't use it. With an occasional very rare exception (Calc and Notepad), I don't use any of the applications built into Windows. In my view, they are all very poor. There are almost always several better free third-party choices available. Actually the same is true of Calc and Notepad; there are several better free third-party choices available. But my needs in both those areas are slight enough that Calc and Notepad are adequate for me. And when it comes to Windows Explorer/This PC, my third-party choice isn't a free one. I've sprung for Directory Opus, which I like a lot. |
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win10 calendar does not alert
In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Sun, 14 Oct 2018 16:40:03 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote: On Sun, 14 Oct 2018 15:11:27 -0400, micky wrote: I've been trying to use the Calendar that comes with Win10 and some times it alerts me and some times its invisible and silent. Do others have this problem? I don't use it. With an occasional very rare exception (Calc and Notepad), I don't use any of the applications built into Windows. In my view, they are all very poor. There are almost always several better free third-party choices available. I'm convinced. So which 3rd-party calendar do you use, Ken? Al? Paul? Actually the same is true of Calc and Notepad; there are several better free third-party choices available. But my needs in both those areas are slight enough that Calc and Notepad are adequate for me. And when it comes to Windows Explorer/This PC, my third-party choice isn't a free one. I've sprung for Directory Opus, which I like a lot. I tried that. I don't remember why I'm using xplorer2. |
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win10 calendar does not alert
On Tue, 16 Oct 2018 02:47:06 -0400, micky
wrote: In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Sun, 14 Oct 2018 16:40:03 -0700, Ken Blake wrote: On Sun, 14 Oct 2018 15:11:27 -0400, micky wrote: I've been trying to use the Calendar that comes with Win10 and some times it alerts me and some times its invisible and silent. Do others have this problem? I don't use it. With an occasional very rare exception (Calc and Notepad), I don't use any of the applications built into Windows. In my view, they are all very poor. There are almost always several better free third-party choices available. I'm convinced. So which 3rd-party calendar do you use, Ken? Al? Paul? The one I use isn't third-party. It's Microsoft's Outlook, part of Microsoft Office 2016. Actually the same is true of Calc and Notepad; there are several better free third-party choices available. But my needs in both those areas are slight enough that Calc and Notepad are adequate for me. And when it comes to Windows Explorer/This PC, my third-party choice isn't a free one. I've sprung for Directory Opus, which I like a lot. I tried that. I don't remember why I'm using xplorer2. |
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