Clock missing

[dark]

Anyone heard of a spyware or adware or whatever, that
screws up your clock? I go to properties and uncheck it
and where the clock is theres an invisible spot that opens
and closes. If I go to the system file or click on the
blank spot the clock properties come up! I dont know what
happened?

[Ron Badour]

Have you rebooted since this happened? If so, you might want to try a
registry restore:

If this problem is less than five days old, restore a copy of the registry
that predates the onset of the problem and see if that helps. The five-day
limit assumes that the computer is booted every day. If it is not booted
every day, you may have an old enough registry backup that you can use even
though more than five days have elapsed. Any registry changes made after
the date of the restored registry will be lost.

On the Start Menu, select Shut Down and Restart in MSDOS Mode. At the
Windows prompt, type: scanreg /restore and hit enter. Once the
registry restore screen appears, select the date of the registry that you
wish to restore by highlighting it and then click enter. If you see a
registry named: Rbbad.cab, that is a copy of the registry that has already
been replaced.

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"dark" > wrote in message
...
> Anyone heard of a spyware or adware or whatever, that
> screws up your clock? I go to properties and uncheck it
> and where the clock is theres an invisible spot that opens
> and closes. If I go to the system file or click on the
> blank spot the clock properties come up! I dont know what
> happened?

[dark]

Thanks, but I have tried all that. Nothing.

>-----Original Message-----
>Have you rebooted since this happened? If so, you might
want to try a
>registry restore:
>
>If this problem is less than five days old, restore a
copy of the registry
>that predates the onset of the problem and see if that
helps. The five-day
>limit assumes that the computer is booted every day. If
it is not booted
>every day, you may have an old enough registry backup
that you can use even
>though more than five days have elapsed. Any registry
changes made after
>the date of the restored registry will be lost.
>
>On the Start Menu, select Shut Down and Restart in MSDOS
Mode. At the
>Windows prompt, type: scanreg /restore and hit
enter. Once the
>registry restore screen appears, select the date of the
registry that you
>wish to restore by highlighting it and then click enter.
If you see a
>registry named: Rbbad.cab, that is a copy of the
registry that has already
>been replaced.
>
>--
>Regards
>
>Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
>Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
>Knowledge Base Info:
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo
>
>"dark" > wrote in
message
...
>> Anyone heard of a spyware or adware or whatever, that
>> screws up your clock? I go to properties and uncheck it
>> and where the clock is theres an invisible spot that
opens
>> and closes. If I go to the system file or click on the
>> blank spot the clock properties come up! I dont know
what
>> happened?
>
>
>.
>

[Andrew H. Carter (Applied ROT 17 Left, for Email d]

On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 12:19:21 -0700, "dark"
> wrote:

>
>Thanks, but I have tried all that. Nothing.
>

Think back to the time when you first noticed this bit of evilness:

Did you recently install a bit of software? Uninstall a bit of software?
Visit a website?
Open a newgroup posting? (best to read mail/newsgroup postings in a reader
with plain text settings, or one that doesn't do HTML posts/messages)

Sometimes reinstalling the OS over itself can restore those missing
apps/features (also put in excess links, especially if you have rearranged
the Start Menu, but such is life.)

Try this on a hunch:

Download TClockEx http://www.rcis.co.za/dale/tclockex/index.htm

"TClockEx enhances the standard Windows taskbar clock, adding the ability
to display the date, time and lots of other information in any format you
like. TClockEx is highly customizable, from the format to the font and
colour, and even the tooltip information. Many people have wondered why
this wasn't built into the standard clock to begin with."

It might be that the width is too small.
There maybe no entries to show what to display.

--
Sincerely, | (©) (©)
| ------ooo--(_)--ooo------
Andrew H. Carter | /// \\\
d(-_-)b |
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Have you rebooted since this happened? If so, you might
>want to try a
>>registry restore:
>>
>>If this problem is less than five days old, restore a
>copy of the registry
>>that predates the onset of the problem and see if that
>helps. The five-day
>>limit assumes that the computer is booted every day. If
>it is not booted
>>every day, you may have an old enough registry backup
>that you can use even
>>though more than five days have elapsed. Any registry
>changes made after
>>the date of the restored registry will be lost.
>>
>>On the Start Menu, select Shut Down and Restart in MSDOS
>Mode. At the
>>Windows prompt, type: scanreg /restore and hit
>enter. Once the
>>registry restore screen appears, select the date of the
>registry that you
>>wish to restore by highlighting it and then click enter.
>If you see a
>>registry named: Rbbad.cab, that is a copy of the
>registry that has already
>>been replaced.
>>
>>--
>>Regards
>>
>>Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
>>Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
>>Knowledge Base Info:
>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo
>>
>>"dark" > wrote in
>message
...
>>> Anyone heard of a spyware or adware or whatever, that
>>> screws up your clock? I go to properties and uncheck it
>>> and where the clock is theres an invisible spot that
>opens
>>> and closes. If I go to the system file or click on the
>>> blank spot the clock properties come up! I dont know
>what
>>> happened?
>>
>>
>>.
>>