Turning off reminders for iCal locations

Question

Good Morning,
I wanted to know if anyone could tell me how to turn off the reminders for the locations in Lion Servers iCal server. It is a bit annoying that the location is sending reminders and the only way to stop them is to go event by event and change the setting on it. We are already getting reminders for the attendee and there is no need for the ones from the actual location. Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you,
Mystic Rose @}-----|---

Answer 1

Hi Chris,
This has been asked for before, but there are no current plans to change the default of "18 hours" or to allow a means to modify the value.
As a workaround, you can use code in a macro, script, COM Add-in, etc. to reset the Reminder time to something more adequate to your needs.
DISCLAIMER: The code is provided only as a courtesy to our customers. It is not supported in any way by Microsoft.
Dim oApp As Outlook.Application
Dim calFolder As Outlook.Folder
Dim items As Outlook.items
Dim appt As Outlook.AppointmentItem
Dim i As Integer
Set oApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set calFolder = oApp.Session.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderCalendar)
Set items = calFolder.items
For i = items.Count To 1 Step -1
If items.Item(i).Class = Outlook.olAppointment Then
Set appt = items.Item(i)
If appt.AllDayEvent = True Then
If appt.ReminderMinutesBeforeStart = 1080 Then  '1080 = 18 hours X 60 minutes
appt.ReminderMinutesBeforeStart = 60  '60 minutes
appt.Save
End If
End If
End If
Set items = Nothing
Set calFolder = Nothing
Set appt = Nothing
Set oApp = Nothing
I have emailed the Outlook Feature Requests alias on this. This is monitored directly by the
Outlook Product team. Additionally, you can call in and open a support incident regarding this issue and we can investigate this further. 
Hope that helps!
Jahawk MSFT