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Old 01-05-2006, 06:34 AM
gpa
 
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Default Customizing the System Tray Date/Time


Hey this is just a hair off topic, but I've been looking for way to
display the date as well as the time in the WinXP system tray. Finally
found a great program with hundreds of different skins that displays
date, time, day of week etc. Really nice and quick install. Check it
out at http://www.drive-software.com/clocktrayskins.html.


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Old 01-05-2006, 06:34 AM
Wesley Vogel
 
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To display the Date and Time all you have to do is drag the Taskbar to
double height.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:gpa.1yqxbn@pcbanter.net,
gpa <gpa.1yqxbn@pcbanter.net> hunted and pecked:
> Hey this is just a hair off topic, but I've been looking for way to
> display the date as well as the time in the WinXP system tray. Finally
> found a great program with hundreds of different skins that displays
> date, time, day of week etc. Really nice and quick install. Check it
> out at http://www.drive-software.com/clocktrayskins.html.
>
>
> --
> gpa


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Old 01-05-2006, 06:34 AM
Trevor L.
 
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Or leave your mouse for a second or two and the date appears. At least it
works for me (and I prefer this since it saves desktop space)

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Cheers,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au

Wesley Vogel wrote:
> To display the Date and Time all you have to do is drag the Taskbar to
> double height.
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:gpa.1yqxbn@pcbanter.net,
> gpa <gpa.1yqxbn@pcbanter.net> hunted and pecked:
>> Hey this is just a hair off topic, but I've been looking for way to
>> display the date as well as the time in the WinXP system tray.
>> Finally found a great program with hundreds of different skins that
>> displays date, time, day of week etc. Really nice and quick
>> install. Check it out at
>> http://www.drive-software.com/clocktrayskins.html.
>>
>>
>> --
>> gpa



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Old 01-05-2006, 06:34 AM
David Candy
 
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Default Re: Customizing the System Tray Date/Time

Re your post November last year. This now lists hotkeys in a table.

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Read David defending the concept of violence.
http://margokingston.typepad.com/har...e_ga.html#more
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"Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message news:%23ZvWdxX7FHA.2676@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Or leave your mouse for a second or two and the date appears. At least it
> works for me (and I prefer this since it saves desktop space)
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Trevor L.
> Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
>
> Wesley Vogel wrote:
>> To display the Date and Time all you have to do is drag the Taskbar to
>> double height.
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:gpa.1yqxbn@pcbanter.net,
>> gpa <gpa.1yqxbn@pcbanter.net> hunted and pecked:
>>> Hey this is just a hair off topic, but I've been looking for way to
>>> display the date as well as the time in the WinXP system tray.
>>> Finally found a great program with hundreds of different skins that
>>> displays date, time, day of week etc. Really nice and quick
>>> install. Check it out at
>>> http://www.drive-software.com/clocktrayskins.html.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> gpa

>
>

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Old 01-05-2006, 06:34 AM
Wesley Vogel
 
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Default Re: Customizing the System Tray Date/Time

Cool, David.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:Okj7ctc7FHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
David Candy <.> hunted and pecked:
> Re your post November last year. This now lists hotkeys in a table.
>
> --
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------
> Read David defending the concept of violence.
>

http://margokingston.typepad.com/har...e_ga.html#more
> =================================================
> "Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message
> news:%23ZvWdxX7FHA.2676@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Or leave your mouse for a second or two and the date appears. At least it
>> works for me (and I prefer this since it saves desktop space)
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Trevor L.
>> Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
>>
>> Wesley Vogel wrote:
>>> To display the Date and Time all you have to do is drag the Taskbar to
>>> double height.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>>
>>> Wes
>>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>
>>> In news:gpa.1yqxbn@pcbanter.net,
>>> gpa <gpa.1yqxbn@pcbanter.net> hunted and pecked:
>>>> Hey this is just a hair off topic, but I've been looking for way to
>>>> display the date as well as the time in the WinXP system tray.
>>>> Finally found a great program with hundreds of different skins that
>>>> displays date, time, day of week etc. Really nice and quick
>>>> install. Check it out at
>>>> http://www.drive-software.com/clocktrayskins.html.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> gpa


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  #6  
Old 01-05-2006, 06:34 AM
Hoppy
 
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Try TClock2 here: http://www.shii.org/tclock/
It should do what you want and much more ... and it's Free! I've configured
mine with the time on a line on top of the day & date -- without need to
double your taskbar.

....lots of skins and things here: http://www.customize.org/list/tclock

Have fun.

Hoppy
~~

"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

Cool, David.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:Okj7ctc7FHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
David Candy <.> hunted and pecked:
> Re your post November last year. This now lists hotkeys in a table.
>
> --
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------
> Read David defending the concept of violence.
>

http://margokingston.typepad.com/har...e_ga.html#more
> =================================================
> "Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message
> news:%23ZvWdxX7FHA.2676@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Or leave your mouse for a second or two and the date appears. At least it
>> works for me (and I prefer this since it saves desktop space)
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Trevor L.
>> Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
>>
>> Wesley Vogel wrote:
>>> To display the Date and Time all you have to do is drag the Taskbar to
>>> double height.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>>
>>> Wes
>>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>
>>> In news:gpa.1yqxbn@pcbanter.net,
>>> gpa <gpa.1yqxbn@pcbanter.net> hunted and pecked:
>>>> Hey this is just a hair off topic, but I've been looking for way to
>>>> display the date as well as the time in the WinXP system tray.
>>>> Finally found a great program with hundreds of different skins that
>>>> displays date, time, day of week etc. Really nice and quick
>>>> install. Check it out at
>>>> http://www.drive-software.com/clocktrayskins.html.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> gpa



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Old 01-05-2006, 06:34 AM
gpa
 
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For Wes- thanks but dragging the tasktray to doubleheight only displays
the day of the week, not the date (it displays on hover but that's not
convenient for a quick glance). It appears you do need a thirdparty
plugin to actually show the date- odd...


Hoppy Wrote:
> Try TClock2 he http://www.shii.org/tclock/
> It should do what you want and much more ... and it's Free! I've
> configured
> mine with the time on a line on top of the day & date -- without need
> to
> double your taskbar.
>
> ....lots of skins and things he http://www.customize.org/list/tclock
>
> Have fun.
>
> Hoppy
> ~~
>
> "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
>
> Cool, David.
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:Okj7ctc7FHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
> David Candy . hunted and pecked:
> Re your post November last year. This now lists hotkeys in a table.
>
> --
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ------------------------
> Read David defending the concept of violence.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/7987q
> =================================================
> "Trevor L." tandcl@homemail.com.au wrote in message
> news:%23ZvWdxX7FHA.2676@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Or leave your mouse for a second or two and the date appears. At least
> it
> works for me (and I prefer this since it saves desktop space)
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Trevor L.
> Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
>
> Wesley Vogel wrote:
> To display the Date and Time all you have to do is drag the Taskbar
> to
> double height.
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:gpa.1yqxbn@pcbanter.net,
> gpa gpa.1yqxbn@pcbanter.net hunted and pecked:
> Hey this is just a hair off topic, but I've been looking for way to
> display the date as well as the time in the WinXP system tray.
> Finally found a great program with hundreds of different skins that
> displays date, time, day of week etc. Really nice and quick
> install. Check it out at
> http://www.drive-software.com/clocktrayskins.html.
>
>
> --
> gpa



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  #8  
Old 01-05-2006, 06:34 AM
David Candy
 
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If there is room it will show what it can (except seconds for performance reasons). If you change sizes in the GUI the control panel adjusts other sizes as well. You can edit in registry and make font smaller, titlebar bigger, icons bigger and some variant of that and you can see more.

Look around
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics
Negative numbers are in twips. 20 twips to the point. 72 pt to the inch (25.4 mm). A screen inch is
Resolution (in px) / DPI

So at 1024 x 768 at 96 dpi a screen is 10.7" (271 mm) x 8" (203 mm). Therefore 1/8th of a vertical screen is 1 inch or 1440 twips. 1440 twips is 1/8th of the vertical height on a small 14 in monitor or on a large 23" monitor. It is a virtual inch.

I've included a web page you can set as a desktop item to display day, date, and time. Copy Of Clock.htm is the file and doesn't use any others. Clock.htm and it's related files are also incl. It includes a telephone message app that you may like to adapt.
--
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Read David defending the concept of violence.
http://margokingston.typepad.com/har...e_ga.html#more
=================================================
"gpa" <gpa.1ytgzp@pcbanter.net> wrote in message news:gpa.1ytgzp@pcbanter.net...
>
> For Wes- thanks but dragging the tasktray to doubleheight only displays
> the day of the week, not the date (it displays on hover but that's not
> convenient for a quick glance). It appears you do need a thirdparty
> plugin to actually show the date- odd...
>
>
> Hoppy Wrote:
>> Try TClock2 he http://www.shii.org/tclock/
>> It should do what you want and much more ... and it's Free! I've
>> configured
>> mine with the time on a line on top of the day & date -- without need
>> to
>> double your taskbar.
>>
>> ....lots of skins and things he http://www.customize.org/list/tclock
>>
>> Have fun.
>>
>> Hoppy
>> ~~
>>
>> "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
>>
>> Cool, David.
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:Okj7ctc7FHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
>> David Candy . hunted and pecked:
>> Re your post November last year. This now lists hotkeys in a table.
>>
>> --
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ------------------------
>> Read David defending the concept of violence.
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/7987q
>> =================================================
>> "Trevor L." tandcl@homemail.com.au wrote in message
>> news:%23ZvWdxX7FHA.2676@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Or leave your mouse for a second or two and the date appears. At least
>> it
>> works for me (and I prefer this since it saves desktop space)
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Trevor L.
>> Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
>>
>> Wesley Vogel wrote:
>> To display the Date and Time all you have to do is drag the Taskbar
>> to
>> double height.
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:gpa.1yqxbn@pcbanter.net,
>> gpa gpa.1yqxbn@pcbanter.net hunted and pecked:
>> Hey this is just a hair off topic, but I've been looking for way to
>> display the date as well as the time in the WinXP system tray.
>> Finally found a great program with hundreds of different skins that
>> displays date, time, day of week etc. Really nice and quick
>> install. Check it out at
>> http://www.drive-software.com/clocktrayskins.html.
>>
>>
>> --
>> gpa

>
>
> --
> gpa

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Old 01-05-2006, 06:34 AM
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clock tray skins really good software

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