Wired has published a how-to guide explaining how Windows 11 users can set up custom scheduled notifications without needing to install any extra software, using the operating system's built-in Task Scheduler tool. This can help people manage their time better, whether that's for reminders to take breaks, prompts to focus on specific tasks, or alerts for personal commitments such as school pick-ups.

The guide outlines the steps in Task Scheduler: creating a "Basic Task", choosing a frequency (daily, weekly, monthly, one-off, or triggered by events such as start-up or log-on), and entering "msg" as the program with the desired reminder text as the argument. It also highlights two alternative built-in options, the Microsoft Clock app for custom alarms and Microsoft To Do for reminders attached to tasks, while noting that third-party apps such as TickTick can achieve similar results but come with unnecessary extra features.