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Computer date and time question.

15 years ago

Recently, my computer had been acting up and, when I brought it in for service, the guy said we would have to wipe it clean and start over. I am gradually getting things back, but some things come back a little different from what they were. One of the things is the date and time, in the lower right hand corner. I had it set up to read day, date and 24 hour time, ie: Monday, 8 Nov. 2010, 1430. Now I just get the time as AM and PM, with no day or date. I know there is a pretty simple way to change this, but I can't find it. Can anyone help?

Someone told me a method to fix it, but it's not exactly what I want.

What I have now, is a bar (taskbar?) at the bottom, that is at least an inch and a half high. (on a 17 inch monitor) The bar is 3 lines high, and reads as follows:

12:50 AM

Wednesday

11/10/2010

What I had, and would like to have again, is, on one line:

Wednesday 10 November 2010, 2310.

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zep516
15 years ago
Try putting your mouse on the very top edge of the Task bar, when the mouse changes to an arrow left click and hold, now drag the edge of the task bar down towards the bottom. That should re-size the task bar and may work for you.
zep516
15 years ago
You might first have to right click on an empty area on the task bar to see if it's locked. If it is locked, click on the check mark to remove the check mark this will unlock the Task Bar, now it should be able to be re-sized, as described above....
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john_ny
Original Author
15 years ago
Thanks. That worked to resize the task bar, but the bottom 2 lines disappeared off the screen, and I'm left with only the AM/PM type time again. (It read 10:53 AM, a few minutes ago.)
zep516
15 years ago
Wednesday 10 November 2010, 2310.
If I mouse over my time, that's what shows above.

Just looking at the clock shows:
10:14
11/10/2010

Windows 7 My task bar is as small as you can make it..

I wonder if you right click on the time (Clock) reset it time and date click apply ok whatever....and reboot the machine.
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
15 years ago
are you using xp or vista or 7?
john_ny
Original Author
15 years ago
Thanks, folks! I'm using XP.
zep516
15 years ago
See if this helps or it's what your looking for.

Here is a link that might be useful: Time & Date
john_ny
Original Author
15 years ago
Thanks, Zep. Will try this in the AM, and advise the results.
john_ny
Original Author
15 years ago
Thanks. I followed the instructions in the link, and got the format correct. (24 hr. clock, without AM/PM) However, it still left the time, day, and date on 3 lines, necesitating a very high taskbar. (and cutting into usable screen space) I did find something that moved everything to one line again, which is the way I had it originally.

I didn't realize there were this many steps to setting this up but, the last time we did this, I had my nephew helping, and I'm not sure what he did.

Here is a link that might be useful: Day, date, time on one line.

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