1. Open the Start Menu, type
taskschd.msc, and press Enter.
2. If prompted by UAC, then click on
Yes (Windows 7) or
Continue (Vista).
3. In the left pane, click on
Task Scheduler Library folder to select it, then click on
Create Task in the right pane. (see screenshot below)
4. In the
General tab, type in a
Name and
Description for this task to help let you know what it's for. (see screenshot below)
5. If you wanted to change what
user or group this message reminder will display for other than than the default of your user account, then click on the
Change User or Group button and follow the steps in the screenshot below to select a user or group.
If not, then skip this step and go to step 6.
NOTE: The steps are numbered in the order to follow for how to select a different user or group.
The Users group would be for all users.
6. Click on the
Triggers tab, and click on the
New button. (see screenshot below)
7. If not already selected, then select
On a schedule. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: You could select what event you would like or works better for you instead, but I'm just using this one as an example. If you select a different option, then you will have different setting to set instead of the ones in steps 7A-7B below.
A) Select how often you want the message reminder to display. (see screenshot below)
B) Depending on what you selected in step 7A, select and set when (ex: date and time) you want the message reminder to display. (see screenshots below)
C) When finished, click on
OK. (see screenshot above)
8. Click on the
Actions tab, and click on the
New button. (see screenshot below)
9. In the
Action drop down menu, select
Display a message. (see screenshot above)
NOTE: See red warning box at the top of the tutorial.
10. Type in a
Title and
Message that you want displayed in the message reminder, and click on
OK. (see screenshot above)
11. Click on the
Conditions tab, uncheck the
Stop if the computer switches to batter power box, and uncheck the
Start the task only if the computer is on AC power box. (see screenshot below)
12. Click on the
Settings tab, check the
Run task as soon as possible after a scheduled start is missed box, and check the
If the task fails, restart every: box. (see screenshot below)
13. Click on
OK. (see screenshot below)
14. You will now see this task listed in the
Task Scheduler Library folder. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: You will always be able to edit or delete this task.
15. Close Task Scheduler. You're message reminder will now display for the user or group and when you have it set for in this task.
That's it,