Calendar Reminder app - freeware/shareware/cheap?
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From: rsl18 on 27 Dec 2009 20:32 My sister wants me to find an app/utility that will allow her to enter calendar events such as birthdays and other anniversaries, and get reminders without her having to do anything else! (We live in cities 500 miles apart) She and my brother-in-law do not have MS Outlook. And do not want to buy it. I have no problem using an app named Calendar Creator, as I bring it up and look ahead for events I need to do something about, such as create a birthday card and mail it. My sister wants to be more passive, and have an app that is more active. Her ideal is some utility/app that will pop up on her Win XP desktop when she boots up that will tell her of upcoming events that she has input previously. I suggested Google Calendar, but she says that there are too many steps that she would have to take to use this functionality. You may detect that I think that she is asking for too much, and may even be lazy. But maybe, just maybe, there is a freeware/share/really cheap app/utility that will meet her wants. I have not found such a piece of software by my searches thus far. Do you know of something that will meet her wishes?
From: Shenan Stanley on 27 Dec 2009 20:42 rsl18 wrote: > My sister wants me to find an app/utility that will allow her to enter > calendar events such as birthdays and other anniversaries, and get > reminders without her having to do anything else! (We live in cities 500 > miles apart) > > She and my brother-in-law do not have MS Outlook. And do not want to buy > it. > > I have no problem using an app named Calendar Creator, as I bring it up > and look ahead for events I need to do something about, such as create a > birthday card and mail it. My sister wants to be more passive, and have > an app that is more active. > > Her ideal is some utility/app that will pop up on her Win XP desktop when > she boots up that will tell her of upcoming events that she has input > previously. > > I suggested Google Calendar, but she says that there are too many steps > that she would have to take to use this functionality. > > You may detect that I think that she is asking for too much, and may even > be lazy. But maybe, just maybe, there is a freeware/share/really cheap > app/utility that will meet her wants. > > I have not found such a piece of software by my searches thus far. > > Do you know of something that will meet her wishes? I'd push Google again. It would work from everywhere, it would not care if she was on her own computer, yours, a friends, a work computer or if hers melted and she had to get a new one. GMAIL, Google Apps, etc. Get the whole family on it - share calendars, share documents, work on documents together, share picturtes - all on the Internet, should be free. And I don't know what those 'steps' are she is speaking of - but there will be steps for whatever calendar solution she uses and at least for Google - it's one-time - no matter what happens to her computer/her life/her data. It can email her reminders, text her reminders, etc... etc. Otherwise - what OS is she using, what email client is she using, etc? And/Or have her use Google another way... *grin* http://www.google.com/search?q=Calendar+reminder+freeware -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
From: Big_Al on 27 Dec 2009 23:09 rsl18(a)sbcglobal.net said this on 12/27/2009 8:32 PM: > My sister wants me to find an app/utility that will allow her to enter > calendar events such as birthdays and other anniversaries, and get reminders > without her having to do anything else! (We live in cities 500 miles apart) > > She and my brother-in-law do not have MS Outlook. And do not want to buy > it. > > I have no problem using an app named Calendar Creator, as I bring it up and > look ahead for events I need to do something about, such as create a > birthday card and mail it. My sister wants to be more passive, and have an > app that is more active. > > Her ideal is some utility/app that will pop up on her Win XP desktop when > she boots up that will tell her of upcoming events that she has input > previously. > > I suggested Google Calendar, but she says that there are too many steps that > she would have to take to use this functionality. > > You may detect that I think that she is asking for too much, and may even be > lazy. But maybe, just maybe, there is a freeware/share/really cheap > app/utility that will meet her wants. > > I have not found such a piece of software by my searches thus far. > > Do you know of something that will meet her wishes? > > > Look at "Active Desktop Calendar". Its not free. But I like it, it has no 'reminders' but the notes (or events like doctor visits etc) are all display on the wallpaper down the right side of your desktop. And are updated all the time, so obviously the top item is the next event you have to take care of. You can make layers for different purposes, I use one for family birthdays etc, one for Nascar races, one for doctor visits etc. You can turn each layer on or off if you wish, and make different events different colors. http://www.xemico.com/adc/screenshots.html
From: JacobH on 28 Dec 2009 07:31 Big_Al wrote: > rsl18(a)sbcglobal.net said this on 12/27/2009 8:32 PM: >> My sister wants me to find an app/utility that will allow her to >> enter calendar events such as birthdays and other anniversaries, and >> get reminders without her having to do anything else! (We live in >> cities 500 miles apart) She and my brother-in-law do not have MS >> Outlook. And do not want >> to buy it. >> >> I have no problem using an app named Calendar Creator, as I bring it >> up and look ahead for events I need to do something about, such as >> create a birthday card and mail it. My sister wants to be more >> passive, and have an app that is more active. >> >> Her ideal is some utility/app that will pop up on her Win XP desktop >> when she boots up that will tell her of upcoming events that she has >> input previously. >> >> I suggested Google Calendar, but she says that there are too many >> steps that she would have to take to use this functionality. >> >> You may detect that I think that she is asking for too much, and may >> even be lazy. But maybe, just maybe, there is a >> freeware/share/really cheap app/utility that will meet her wants. >> >> I have not found such a piece of software by my searches thus far. >> >> Do you know of something that will meet her wishes? >> >> >> > > Look at "Active Desktop Calendar". Its not free. But I like it, it > has no 'reminders' but the notes (or events like doctor visits etc) > are all display on the wallpaper down the right side of your desktop. > And are updated all the time, so obviously the top item is the next > event you have to take care of. You can make layers for different > purposes, I use one for family birthdays etc, one for Nascar races, > one for doctor visits etc. You can turn each layer on or off if > you wish, and make different events different colors. > http://www.xemico.com/adc/screenshots.html There is a calendar feature within Windows Live which is in your pricerange. I am loth to recommend it because I of my intense dislike the philosophy of the Live suite, however that's not to say it wouldn't work for you/her. When I was playing in Windows Live there were many posts saying various features didn't work. IMO the whole lot is a poorly thought out and extremely poorly executed suite that is claimed to being developed by a team of M$ professionals, however my opinion of them differs! Try it you might get lucky. -- -- Geoff ExploitEd Wisdom and experience come with age, they say, but I do wish I could remember the darn question
From: thanatoid on 28 Dec 2009 20:32 <rsl18(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote in news:OxK6w21hKHA.1456(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl: > My sister wants me to find an app/utility that will allow > her to enter calendar events such as birthdays and other > anniversaries, and get reminders without her having to do > anything else! (We live in cities 500 miles apart) <SNIP> "UK's Kalender" looks pretty good but it may be overkill. Look through some of the programs on this page. MOST are organizers, but many will do what she wants. http://freeware.intrastar.net/organize.htm The site is full of other great free programs of all kinds. Worth looking at. [Site has been around for a /long/ time - you can tell by the design - and SOME of the links are dead... Many are brand new... Many of the old ones work just fine...] Just looked at this one, out of curiosity. Tiny and seems to do it all. http://www.spacejock.com/RMP3.html
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