Whoa! Can change system clock to analog

[David Prahl]

A friend showed me this...

-From the Today screen, do a hold-down tap on the system clock.
-Select "Analog" from the menu that pops up.

Works on 2002 and 2003 - why didn't read about this somewhere? Is it in the device manuals?

[Oliver Mitchell]

i noticed this too but i thought the analog version of the clock was fairly useless if you want an accurate time

[Ripper014]

You can see this feature in a lot of screen shots... I believe it is not mentioned because most of us are using task switching programs... such as WisBar... that is skinning the top of the screen.

[dean_shan]

It doesn't work if you use the reg hack to show the date under the clock. No biggie though. The analog version is really unaccurate.

[arnage2]

my clie has an anolog clock on the side of the screen. Clicking on it gives you a large clock, and the date.

[ignar]

You can switch the type of clock showing by changing the value in the registry,

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Shell\TBOpt

I believe there are four types which include no clock, digital time, time and date, and analog clock.

[JustinGTP]

The anolog clock looks more professional as compared to the digital one. I like it! Thanks David!

-Justin.

[Myrddin]

Hmm. how come i never noticed that before!
Nifty! Thanks!

[dmacburry2003]

I knew about this since I first got my PPC.

Its actually funny, I fell asleep on the PPC when the clock was digital and I woke up to it being analog.

I like to just keep it analog and click on it to get more detailed time/date info.

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