I recently installed Windows 7, and then (had to) reinstalled Office 2003. In
the Calendar in Outlook, I tried to disable the reminder by clicking
Tools>Options>Other>Advanced Options>Reminder Options, per the Help menu. I
unchecked Play Reminder Sound and unchecked Display the Reminder. Then OK,
OK, OK. Yet when I schedule an appointment, the Reminder box is still
checked. I go back to where I thought I had disabled it and it was unchecked.
Yet, it doesn't seem to have any effect. I even closed Outlook and opened it
again, but to no avail. Can you help me?

Try Tools, Options, Default reminder checkbox on the Preferences tab to turn
them off on new items. The setting you changed keeps reminders already set
from firing.

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"NonTechie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I recently installed Windows 7, and then (had to) reinstalled Office 2003.
> In
> the Calendar in Outlook, I tried to disable the reminder by clicking
> Tools>Options>Other>Advanced Options>Reminder Options, per the Help menu.
> I
> unchecked Play Reminder Sound and unchecked Display the Reminder. Then
> OK,
> OK, OK. Yet when I schedule an appointment, the Reminder box is still
> checked. I go back to where I thought I had disabled it and it was
> unchecked.
> Yet, it doesn't seem to have any effect. I even closed Outlook and opened
> it
> again, but to no avail. Can you help me?

Thanks, Diane. It worked. I love you MVPs.

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

> Try Tools, Options, Default reminder checkbox on the Preferences tab to turn
> them off on new items. The setting you changed keeps reminders already set
> from firing.
>
> --
> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
> Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/
>
> Outlook Tips by email:
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>
> EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
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>
> Do you keep Outlook open 24/7? Vote in our poll:
> http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=22205
>
> "NonTechie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:AC0D5E6B-A28F-4E1F-9AAF-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I recently installed Windows 7, and then (had to) reinstalled Office 2003.
> > In
> > the Calendar in Outlook, I tried to disable the reminder by clicking
> > Tools>Options>Other>Advanced Options>Reminder Options, per the Help menu.
> > I
> > unchecked Play Reminder Sound and unchecked Display the Reminder. Then
> > OK,
> > OK, OK. Yet when I schedule an appointment, the Reminder box is still
> > checked. I go back to where I thought I had disabled it and it was
> > unchecked.
> > Yet, it doesn't seem to have any effect. I even closed Outlook and opened
> > it
> > again, but to no avail. Can you help me?
>