>>Can anyone suggest a different piece of software to handle reminders and >>task lists etc? I run Windows 2000. I'm not sure if you're willing to consider an online solution, but Yahoo calendar has these features, and you don't even have your computer on, much less have a particular piece of software running, for it to send you a reminder: http://calendar.yahoo.com/ -- sarah adams web developer & programmer portfolio: http://sarah.designshift.com blog: http://hardedge.ca