ok, this problem has been getting more and more irritating as time goes on.

(i am using windows 2000 pro, but it even happenned before i upgraded from 98se)
in my system tray, it does not say the day of the week, for example, wednesday. but on EVERY other computer i have used, with operating systems varying from windows 98 to windows xp, it does.

EDIT: TOOL TIP PEOPLE, TOOL TIP!!!

megamuff thats cz there is no enought space for it, unlock the system tray by puting the cursor on it and click the right click unlock the system tray and make it wider then u will see it.

EDIT: are u encountering any trouble.

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Originally posted by MC.POP
megamuff thats cz there is no enought space for it, unlock the system tray by puting the cursor on it and click the right click unlock the system tray and make it wider then u will see it.

EDIT: are u encountering any trouble.

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no its not the size of the screen it is the size of the system bar itself

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Originally posted by MC.POP
no its not the size of the screen it is the size of the system bar itself

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ok i meant system tray i am sorry check the attachment.
and over here on my PC it only can be half a page.

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Originally posted by MC.POP
ok i meant system tray i am sorry check the attachment.

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Originally posted by megamuff

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Originally posted by MC.POP
ok i meant system tray i am sorry check the attachment.

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wow, what third party windows shell do you have installed?

*sigh* why do people do this to me...

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Originally posted by MC.POP
i dont get it wt do u mean.

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i  am just trying to help i didnt mean anything for showing of, just wanted to help?
i didnt install any seperate shells this is typical system tray just a different color

Windows could be better in that fact by showing day/Month//Date an Time in system tray, where as Gnome in linux does show it all including the Up2date feature an Gaim an or Kopete in the system tray ,

demandred wt kind of windows edition do u have?

i got XP Home Edition, but i use Linux also , the flavor is stated underneath my av

ok i need to ask u a question cant u widen your system tray in all windows editions( 98 and above)?

you can do that ,, Just need to Drag the bar or Panel out Wider 

thats wts megamuff is having trouble with.

should be able to do it, if you can tell or he can tell the Mouse Cursor will change   if he puts it in the right area ,, its the same as widening a Browser to suite the monitor or anything  or even resizing the MSN Messenger window by Draging it to the size you want

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Originally posted by MC.POP
i dont get it wt do u mean.

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(annoyed expression)
okay. windows does not show the date in words sitting in the system tray. therefore, it seems most likely you have installed a seperate shell.

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Originally posted by megamuff
now, anyone who is actually going to try to help instead of showing off their wonderful shell they found, i would be very greatful. (would fixing my problem require registry editing?)

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i think his real problem is in the tooltip that pops up when you hover over the time.

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Originally posted by lizard.boy
i think his real problem is in the tooltip that pops up when you hover over the time.

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id just like to say that megamuff was extremely rude. people here are only trying to help. and being sarcastic and putting fings like '(annoyed expression)
okay. windows does not show the ....' just dont help. its not him showing anything off, my computer does exactely the same when all i do is widen the taskbar.

Megamuff: rightclick the taskbar and uncheck "lock taskbar" (second option from below). After that grab the top of the taskbar and move it upwards till it displays all you want concerning date and time. Rightclick the taskbar once more and check "lock taskbar" so it'll stay as you set it.

I think it looks ugly that wide though, so i stick with just the time. Date etc. will be displayed anyway when you rest the mousepointer on sysclock.

Edit: i reread the thread and im not sure what the problem is..
if it doesn't show the day in letters etc. you can change that by going to start > controlpanel > Date/Time/Language and countrysettings > countrysettings..check if the setting is correct (long date notation), if not click the "adjust (or customize..i have dutch version so im translating)" button and go to date (tab)..set it as you'd like it to be there.

megamuff I may be misunderstanding what you mean but do you mean your PC isn't keeping track of the dates properly? So if its supposed to be Wednesday it shows a totally different day like Saturday? If so it might be some sort of App changing the day or the CMOS battery in your PC not keeping the date correctly. You can actually load into the BIOS and see what it thinks the date is.

I think he says the tooltip doesn't appear...

1280 by 1024 resolution is plenty of room for that little tiny tooltip to pop up with one extra word in it, i would think

ok i figured it out... it wont show the day ("Friday" for example) unless the location is set to united states.

and, if this screenshot doesnt stop you people from lying about the date actually appearing IN the system tray outside of a tooltip, then i dont know what will.

http://phantom.no-ip.biz/images/ss/ss09.bmp
excuse the format, i dont feel like converting it right now.

why is everyone lying? my computer isnt set to united states and i can see the day in the taskbar. all of the replies are from very credible, computer literate people, why would they bovar lying about where the date appears!

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Originally posted by megamuff
and, if this screenshot doesnt stop you people from lying about the date actually appearing IN the system tray outside of a tooltip, then i dont know what will.

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Like said before, nobody is/was lying and nobody was rude. We are all trying to help you. And as you provide a vague discription of what you actually meant/wanted we could only guess to the most likely thing you meant.

To change what is shown in the tooltip you must do as Sunshine told you. Furthermore, this has nothing to do with using another shell or which country  you've set. The layout of the tooltip has some default settings per country, but you can easly change this. (And that is probably what happend with your settings)

• Go to your config panel in Windows
  
• Click on Countrysettings (the thing with the globe as icon)
  
• 1) Go to the Countrysettings-tab (most likely this would be the very first tab you'll see)
  
• 2) Click on Customize near the dropdownbox of the country
  
• 3) In the new window that will appear click on Date (mostlikely the 4th tab)
  
• 4) On the bottom of that tab you'll see something like long date settings. Here select, or change, the format that you like.

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Like said before, nobody is/was lying and nobody was rude. We are all trying to help you. And as you provide a vague discription of what you actually meant/wanted we could only guess to the most likely thing you meant.

To change what is shown in the tooltip you must do as Sunshine told you. Furthermore, this has nothing to do with using another shell or which country  you've set. The layout of the tooltip has some default settings per country, but you can easly change this. (And that is probably what happend with your settings)

• Go to your config panel in Windows
  
• Click on Countrysettings (the thing with the globe as icon)
  
• 1) Go to the Countrysettings-tab (most likely this would be the very first tab you'll see)
  
• 2) Click on Customize near the dropdownbox of the country
  
• 3) In the new window that will appear click on Date (mostlikely the 4th tab)
  
• 4) On the bottom of that tab you'll see something like long date settings. Here select, or change, the format that you like.

Note that these settings are also used in other parts of Windows.


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Originally posted by megamuff
you forget that i use windows 2000, so your instructions are completely futile as the operating systems are way too far apart.

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Originally posted by megamuff
the only icon in my control panel that is a globe is regional settings, and it has NONE of the things you described.

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Originally posted by megamuff
you forget that i use windows 2000, so your instructions are completely futile as the operating systems are way too far apart. the only icon in my control panel that is a globe is regional settings, and it has NONE of the things you described.

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The steps are almost the same and not hard to work out. But, if you don't want to be helped, fine...

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This is what we were talking about all along...sure it may be in diff places on diff OS's (it's seldom in a very diff place), but the principle is the same...you can't expect us to know where it is located exactly on every OS.

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Originally posted by Sunshine
This is what we were talking about all along...sure it may be in diff places on diff OS's (it's seldom in a very diff place), but the principle is the same...you can't expect us to know where it is located exactly on every OS.

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Then edit the options using the abbrivations MMMM, d, yyyy, d, MMM, yy, etc... like I suggested in my previous post

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(...) Here select, or change, the format that you like.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
Then edit the options using the abbrivations MMMM, d, yyyy, d, MMM, yy, etc...

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"Don't feel like compressing the image"? Some of us still have modems! If you don't want to open the image with a program to save it as JPG, GIF or PNG, at least compress it into a ZIP or RAR...