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From: bof on 12 Mar 2010 11:18 <Andrew, apologies for the email, mistakenly clicked "reply" instead of "follow-up"> Thanks for the reply Andrew, Control Panel's Regional Settings was the first place I tried and there the short date format is set to "12/03/2010" and the long date is set to "12 March 2010" yet the desk top clock shows "Friday" In message <BNOdnWAX_MgjwQfWnZ2dnUVZ8k-dnZ2d(a)bt.com>, Andrew <NoToSpam(a)ReadItYourSelf.com> writes >Control Panel... Regional and Language Options .. >then set the format you want for time/date ;-) > >HTH >Andrew > > >"bof" <nothingread(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >news:LNscRbBW4kmLFwmh(a)hotmail.com... >| >| >| I recently booted my XP Pro machine and there appears to have been a >| corruption somewhere as the appearance of the desktop had changed, >| colours, fonts, etc.. I've got most of it back to how it was but >can't >| find a way to get the taskbar clock back to its original format. >| >| >| It now displays: >| >| 14:19 >| Friday >| >| >| when it used to display: >| >| 14:19 >| 12 March 2010 >| >| >| Anyone advise where the taskbar clock format can be configured? >| >| Many thanks >| >| >| -- >| >| bof at bof dot me dot uk > > -- bof at bof dot me dot uk
From: Bob I on 12 Mar 2010 13:29 Then you'll need to make the Taskbar taller. bof wrote: > > Thanks for the reply, the short date format here is set to > "dd MMMM yyyy" and the long date is set to "dd MMMM yyyy" yet the desk > top clock shows "Friday" > > In message <#bSjmhfwKHA.4532(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Bob I > <birelan(a)yahoo.com> writes > >> Control Panel, Regional and Language Options, Regional Options tab, >> Customize button >> >> bof wrote: >> >>> I recently booted my XP Pro machine and there appears to have been >>> a corruption somewhere as the appearance of the desktop had changed, >>> colours, fonts, etc.. I've got most of it back to how it was but >>> can't find a way to get the taskbar clock back to its original format. >>> It now displays: >>> 14:19 >>> Friday >>> when it used to display: >>> 14:19 >>> 12 March 2010 >>> Anyone advise where the taskbar clock format can be configured? >>> Many thanks >>> >> >
From: bof on 12 Mar 2010 14:28 Ah, thank you, getting closer now. lifting the task bar to three rows I get: 19:23 Friday 12/03/2010 so any suggestions on how to get rid of "Friday" so I can go back to a two row taskbar? MTIA In message <u4fU0HhwKHA.812(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>, Bob I <birelan(a)yahoo.com> writes >Then you'll need to make the Taskbar taller. > >bof wrote: > >> Thanks for the reply, the short date format here is set to >> "dd MMMM yyyy" and the long date is set to "dd MMMM yyyy" yet the >>desk top clock shows "Friday" >> In message <#bSjmhfwKHA.4532(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Bob I >><birelan(a)yahoo.com> writes >> >>> Control Panel, Regional and Language Options, Regional Options tab, >>>Customize button >>> >>> bof wrote: >>> >>>> I recently booted my XP Pro machine and there appears to have >>>>been a corruption somewhere as the appearance of the desktop had >>>>changed, colours, fonts, etc.. I've got most of it back to how it >>>>was but can't find a way to get the taskbar clock back to its original format. >>>> It now displays: >>>> 14:19 >>>> Friday >>>> when it used to display: >>>> 14:19 >>>> 12 March 2010 >>>> Anyone advise where the taskbar clock format can be configured? >>>> Many thanks >>>> >>> >> > -- bof at bof dot me dot uk
From: VanguardLH on 12 Mar 2010 20:59 bof wrote: > I recently booted my XP Pro machine and there appears to have been a > corruption somewhere as the appearance of the desktop had changed, > colours, fonts, etc.. I've got most of it back to how it was but can't > find a way to get the taskbar clock back to its original format. > > It now displays: > > 14:19 > Friday > > when it used to display: > > 14:19 > 12 March 2010 > > Anyone advise where the taskbar clock format can be configured? > > Many thanks with a 2-row tall Windows taskbar, I've been stuck with time & day-of-week (dow) forever with this setup. I've never seen the "dow, date" format of which you speak. You sure you aren't asking about the balloon that appears when you hover your mouse over the tray clock? If you can't find an answer here that lets you change the dow string to a "dow, date" (something that I'd be interested in, too), you might have to replace the tray clock with a 3rd party offering, like: http://www.sarbyxlabs.com/en/sarbyxtc.html (free) I only trialed this last year sometime but didn't continue using it (as I prefer a simple environment with as little software running as possible, and this wasn't a critical need). During that time since the trial, there have been so many times that I've needed the date (not just the day of week) that I've relied on the hover balloon to show it; however, Windows XP has a known defect that it may stop showing the hover balloons (and the workarounds aren't permanent). You can search on "tray clock" at popular download sites (softpedia.com, download.com) for other solutions.
From: bof on 13 Mar 2010 04:31
In message <hneri5$9f7$1(a)news.albasani.net>, VanguardLH <V(a)nguard.LH> writes >bof wrote: > >> I recently booted my XP Pro machine and there appears to have been a >> corruption somewhere as the appearance of the desktop had changed, >> colours, fonts, etc.. I've got most of it back to how it was but can't >> find a way to get the taskbar clock back to its original format. >> >> It now displays: >> >> 14:19 >> Friday >> >> when it used to display: >> >> 14:19 >> 12 March 2010 >> >> Anyone advise where the taskbar clock format can be configured? >> >> Many thanks > >with a 2-row tall Windows taskbar, I've been stuck with time & day-of-week >(dow) forever with this setup. I've never seen the "dow, date" format of >which you speak. You sure you aren't asking about the balloon that appears >when you hover your mouse over the tray clock? I'm 100% certain, definitely not a balloon or pop up, previously I've always had 09:23 13/03/2010 as the two row format, and it's exactly the format I need, as I always know what day it is but can rarely remember the date; so it's annoying to have to hover over the clock for the date, I've changed, hopefully temporarily, to a three row task bar. > >If you can't find an answer here that lets you change the dow string to a >"dow, date" (something that I'd be interested in, too), you might have to >replace the tray clock with a 3rd party offering, like: > >http://www.sarbyxlabs.com/en/sarbyxtc.html (free) > >I only trialed this last year sometime but didn't continue using it (as I >prefer a simple environment with as little software running as possible, and >this wasn't a critical need). During that time since the trial, there have >been so many times that I've needed the date (not just the day of week) that >I've relied on the hover balloon to show it; however, Windows XP has a known >defect that it may stop showing the hover balloons (and the workarounds >aren't permanent). > >You can search on "tray clock" at popular download sites (softpedia.com, >download.com) for other solutions. Thanks for the pointers, I guess there must be an answer out there somewhere, I might try a rollback if nothing crops up. Should I find a solution elsewhere I'll post it here. -- bof at bof dot me dot uk |