Task reminder/alarm recommendation?

Factual Questions
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We just learned our cat’s kidneys are giving out. This cosmic insult is on top of Mrs. Devil’s cancer, so to say it’s bedlam around here is an understatement.

Among other things, he’ll need an every-other-day IV fluid infusion.

Given everyone’s emotional state (especially the seven-year-old’s), we can’t screw this up. But given everyone’s emotional state (especially with a seven-year-old), it’s kind of likely that we will screw it up.

We have a centrally located Windows 7 machine that is always on, so I’m hoping to find a simple, lightweight event reminder/alarm clock that will set a reminder every two days.

It needs to run at startup and stay resident in the background, grabbing focus when the alarm goes off to play a sound until dismissed. If it can’t wake the PC from sleep to sound the alarm, it needs to sound the alarm as soon as the PC wakes up and it realizes it’s overdue.

It’s a ‘public’ PC, so we don’t have any iterations of MS Office on it. Google Calendar is problematic because it requires both a browser and a Google Calendar tab — that makes it prone to missed alarms.

There are an overwhelming number of calendar programs out there, which is kind of the problem — which to trust (both as a program itself and as a reliable reminder)? I’m hoping someone here can help out with a recommendation.
We have an older android device somewhere that we could use too, if that would make a difference.
Thanks,

Rhythm

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How about an actual, physical calendar that you can write on and stuff?

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That’s kind of our default, but not all that reliable in a chaotic, relatively unstructured environment with a heavy reliance on electronic calendars. Benefit of finding the ‘right’ alarm is that it’ll draw attention to itself without intervention.

Right now, we have an old Android tablet connected to speakers upstairs. It’s mainly used for music, but it has a Monday-through-Friday alarm set for 30 minutes before we need to go pick up the Devilling from the bus. It would be perfect, but it can only select days of the week to sound, not every other day.

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GTasks, which I have been using for years on my Android phone(s), will allow you to set a repeating alarm for every N whatsits. So, every 2 days, every 11 days, every 15 weeks…

GTasks synchs with Google Calendar, but adds a bunch more stuff, like priority and alarms and whatnot. I believe it also synchs with something called TickTock, which I know nothing about.

I love GTasks. I think it costs a couple bucks.

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I use the free program: VueMinder Lite.
It does all you are asking, and most probably a bunch more.
One feature I use, and that you might, is having multiple calendars (with different colors). I use one for family events (Bdays, anniversaries etc) and one for personal tasks (take trash to curb, pay a bill that doesn’t send me a paper bill…). You could use one for the cat and one for the wife.
It has LOTS of options for almost everything, yet quite easy to use.
I don’t know if it will wake the PC (mine is Win.7 too) because I turn off my monitor and speakers when not using the PC. But it definitely pops up the reminders (which is just one option how to remind) when I log in.

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I use “acalendar” on my android phone. It allows you to set an event for every other day. It also has a very nice monthly calendar interface which I much prefer to Google’s. It syncs to any of your other calendars.

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Use Android for this. It was designed to stay on 24/7 except for maybe upgrades now and then (which should ask for permission first). Windows is going to randomly reboot to update and maybe get hijacked or go to sleep, etc. It also uses a lot more electricity than an Android phone would.

You can just add a repeating event (“repeat every 2 days”) in Google Calendar and customize the notifications from it to remind you every time it goes off (including a sound, I believe).