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Old 06-12-2007   #1 (permalink)


Vista 64x Ultimate
 
 

tray clock showing date

I've tried and tried and just can't find it.
Is it possible to have my tray clock showing date aswell? Like it was in xp?

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Old 06-12-2007   #2 (permalink)


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: tray clock showing date

Hi Nicolai,

Does your tray clock not pop up the date when you move your mouse cursor over it? Other than trying a 3rd party program, I don't know of another way to have the date show on the tray clock.

Regards,
Shawn
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Old 06-13-2007   #3 (permalink)


Vista 64x Ultimate
 
 

Re: tray clock showing date

yea it does show when i hover, i would have just prefered to always have it there.
Thank you.
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Old 06-13-2007   #4 (permalink)


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: tray clock showing date

Hi Nicolai,

I looked for a free tray clock program, but none that I found were for Vista or were only trial ware. Best bet might be to try a Sidebar clock gadget.

Regards,
Shawn
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Old 06-14-2007   #5 (permalink)


OS X/Vista Home Premium x86/Vista Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: tray clock showing date

If you have the real estate, pull your task bar up one notch to double height (you have to unlock it first). You will get the time, day, and date; plus more room on your task bar.
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Old 06-14-2007   #6 (permalink)


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: tray clock showing date

Hi larryk,

Thank you. I never noticed that before, but you have to unlock your taskbar to drag it up another level. You can then lock it back afterwards Nicolai.

Date and Time

Thanks again,
Shawn
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Old 06-24-2007   #7 (permalink)


Vista 64x Ultimate
 
 

Re: tray clock showing date

Hah, to think it was that easy. It's ironic, in XP i've always run with the taskbar double height. For some reason i hadn't resized it after i installed Vista.

Thanks.
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Old 03-01-2009   #8 (permalink)


Vista Home Premium 64-bit
 
 

Re: tray clock showing date

You did say you wanted to see the "date", right? Not the "day"?

I tried this, but all I get are the time and the day of the week, e.g.:

1:20 AM
Sunday

Is there a way to always see the date, too, without having to mouse over? If not, does anyone know of a good free app that lets you customize the system-tray clock? (Please don't ask me to use the new sidebar gizmo thing; ick.) Thanks.
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Old 03-01-2009   #9 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: tray clock showing date

As stated above, pull your taskbar up to double height. The date should appear. --ch
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Old 03-02-2009   #10 (permalink)


Vista Home Premium 64-bit
 
 

Re: tray clock showing date

Ah, you mean triple height (so three rows show). Yes, then the date appears—but you lose that extra band of real estate clear across the screen. For some reason, MS's clock has a bunch of unnecessary space between its lines.

Certainly someone's created a clock that shows all that data, but makes better use of the vertical space?
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