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What is the best way to show seconds in the clock on the system tray in Vista?

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No way to do it with the native clock. Try TClock Light, it looks a lot like the built-in one but with a lot more options.

Edit: Apparently it doesn't work great on Vista, but the version discussed here apparently does. The download and install information is at the bottom of that page. The guy is rather verbose.

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The one in your edit does the trick. Thanks! – Dave Oct 29 '09 at 14:47
I think it can be done in the region settings of Windows.... – Tom Wijsman Aug 9 '10 at 17:52
The TClock version by Stoic Jocker (mentioned in the edit) seems to work well in win7, choose the Segoe UI font to give it the same look as the default. (also put \n in your custom format to do line breaks) – Myster Jun 7 '11 at 1:16
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Some alternatives for those who land here:

TClockEx:

  • Freeware

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ClockDummy:

  • Shareware

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Sarbyx TrayClock:

  • Freeware

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Vista Clock:

  • Freeware

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P.s. Now that we're talking about clocks. I just saw this one.... it's gorgeous, not really what you asked for (not for the system tray):

NOVACLOCK

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Wow excellent, thanks :) – asksuperuser Apr 21 '10 at 23:07
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you can use desktop clock from Posibolt Software

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There isn't a built in way of doing this. But via google there are several programs that accomplish this.

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Via what? I'm sure he is glad to know there are several programs. Would be nice to give examples, too, and not just "go google that". – Gnoupi Oct 29 '09 at 13:58
I do not run windows vista so how can I 'sample' a program or two to tell him which I 'think' are better? Instead I gave him a short and simple answer to his question. – MrStatic Oct 29 '09 at 14:11
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You can give a short answer, sure. But telling someone to search on google, on this site, is just useless. Or you can give a selection you have noticed, or you don't say that, simply, if you are not in place to recommend one. Think about someone who would reach this question from a Google search. he comes there, and finds "search on google". It's not bringing value, this is the issue. Think about it for next answers. – Gnoupi Oct 29 '09 at 14:25
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