Dude, where's my alarm clock?

Friday, May 25, 2007

I just realized, after running Windows XP for 5+ years, that there's no built-in alarm clock. I needed one as I was just dozing on the couch and couldn't be bothered to go to the bedroom and I had no other way to wake up. I figured I would just use XP. I mean, it must have an alarm clock after all. Nope. Nothing that I can find. Had to download a cheap freebie. Does Windows Vista have one? Does nobody really need one except for me? Hmmm... maybe another WPF weekend project I could do to pass the time.

4 Comments

Task scheduler??

A user friendly interface WPF would be nice though.

Dan

Dan Elliott - Friday, May 25, 2007 9:03:57 AM

Hehe, my Asus motherboard has an alarm clock... i think maybe microsoft and asus got mixed up here....

Darren Kopp - Friday, May 25, 2007 9:27:28 AM

I use Scheduled Tasks, too. Same in Vista. I schedule WMD to launch a "Wake Up" playlist.

there's no easy way to implement a snooze feature though...

:)

Kenneth LeFebvre - Saturday, May 26, 2007 6:45:44 AM

There's a couple of Alarm clock gadgets available in the Windows Live Gallery.

Phill - Monday, May 28, 2007 5:53:42 AM

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