Reminders are always past-due

[Guest]

99% of the time, I do not see reminders for calendar items until the items
are at least a couple of hours past due. Often, I'll come in in the morning
and see a reminder box with a complete list of the "past-due" reminders for
the previous day's activities. Any ideas about what is causing that?

By the way, my clock and time zone are correct.

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

Was the machine on all night? I'm guessing that the reminders fired BEFORE
the activities and just stayed there because nobody ever
cleared/acknowledged them.

What version of Outlook are you using?

Aloha,

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, OneNote-MVP
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[Guest]

Hi Ben,

The version is 2003.
My machine is always on, but I don't always leave Outlook on.
Every few days I'll do a reboot, just for the heck of it.

Another example that happened this morning: I came in and started Outlook
around 7:00 AM to check my emails. I worked on the computer until around
8:45 AM when I left to attend a 9:00 AM meeting. I returned to my office
around 10:00 AM and continued working on my computer. Around 11:00 AM the
reminder screen popped up letting me know that my 9:00 AM meeting was two
hours past due. The reminder is set to notify me 30 min. in advance, and I
didn't see any reminder before that.

I should have received a reminder for an 11:00 AM appointment (lunch!), but
it hasn't popped up yet. (It's currently 3:15 PM)

I have resorted to putting my important reminders in Yahoo and having them
emailed to me, but that's tedious.

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

I'd try starting Outlook with the /cleanreminders switch and see if that
helps.

Aloha,

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, OneNote-MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
Microsoft Outlook FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/outlook.htm

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