Is there a way of adding the time to XP's login screen? I am running
pro, sp2 if it makes a difference. Something like the time readout in
the system tray. Google didn't turn up anything useful that I could see.


Thanks,
John

John <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:MpUgh.663$od6.105@trnddc04:

> Is there a way of adding the time to XP's login screen? I am running
> pro, sp2 if it makes a difference. Something like the time readout in
> the system tray. Google didn't turn up anything useful that I could
> see.
>
>
> Thanks,
> John
>

You could set the screensaver for the default user to one that displays
the time (3D Text), and set it to come on after a very short delay.

Set this up under HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop in the
registry.

The values you want to change are:
ScreenSaveActive set to 1
SCRNSAVE.EXE set to something like C:\WINDOWS\system32\sstext3d.scr
ScreenSaveTimeOut set to # of seconds before activation
(value names are case-sensitive, and you may have to create them if they
are not there already)

If you use sstext3d.scr, you also need to set some things under the
following key to control what it displays, text size, etc:

..DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Screensavers\Text3D
(other screensavers may keep settings elsewhere in the registry, or
perhaps in an .ini file)

To find out what the settings should be, you could set the screensaver
up under your own account using display properties, then in regedit you
can set things under the HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT key to match the ones under
your account (HKEY_CURRENT_USER) - you may have to experiment some to
find out where and what the settings are.