Adding a clock in the welcome screen....

Right now i'm useing vista beta 2 bulid 5384. It's the first vista bulid i've
ever used. I've notice that the welcome screen doesn't have a clock. I think
it would be a great idea to have a cock for those who arn't loged in and have
the welcome screen up, they can tell what time it is. i under stand the Alpha
bulids ( 3xxx ) had a clock. Why was that feature removed?



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Because it is more commonly part of the Sidebar.

"chrisg1990" <chrisg1990@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Right now i'm useing vista beta 2 bulid 5384. It's the first vista bulid
> i've
> ever used. I've notice that the welcome screen doesn't have a clock. I
> think
> it would be a great idea to have a cock for those who arn't loged in and
> have
> the welcome screen up, they can tell what time it is. i under stand the
> Alpha
> bulids ( 3xxx ) had a clock. Why was that feature removed?
>
>
>
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Most people wear wrist-watches, so I do not see the need of having a
clock on the welcome screen to tell what the time is.

William

chrisg1990 wrote:
> Right now i'm useing vista beta 2 bulid 5384. It's the first vista bulid i've
> ever used. I've notice that the welcome screen doesn't have a clock. I think
> it would be a great idea to have a cock for those who arn't loged in and have
> the welcome screen up, they can tell what time it is. i under stand the Alpha
> bulids ( 3xxx ) had a clock. Why was that feature removed?
>
>
>
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On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:46:29 -0500, William <woogles@charter.net>
wrote:

>Most people wear wrist-watches, so I do not see the need of having a
I stopped wearing a watch when I started wearing a Cell phone with a
time display.
How hard would it be to include the time on the pre-logon screen saver
/ login bar? Sure would be a lot more useful than just the floating
"Windows" tm



>clock on the welcome screen to tell what the time is.

>William
>
>chrisg1990 wrote:
>> Right now i'm useing vista beta 2 bulid 5384. It's the first vista bulid i've
>> ever used. I've notice that the welcome screen doesn't have a clock. I think
>> it would be a great idea to have a cock for those who arn't loged in and have
>> the welcome screen up, they can tell what time it is. i under stand the Alpha
>> bulids ( 3xxx ) had a clock. Why was that feature removed?
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:22:40 -0700, Steve Urbach
<dragonsclaw@NOTmindspring.com> wrote:

>On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:46:29 -0500, William <woogles@charter.net>
>wrote:
>
>>Most people wear wrist-watches, so I do not see the need of having a

Having the login screen display a clock is nice - after all people do
usually install wall clocks in their offices. This would be just a form
of wall clock, essentially.

>I stopped wearing a watch when I started wearing a Cell phone with a
>time display.

You "wear" a cellphone?

>How hard would it be to include the time on the pre-logon screen saver
>/ login bar? Sure would be a lot more useful than just the floating
>"Windows" tm

That would be pretty trivial. You can set the scrolling text screensaver
to be a clock, but it won't be a nice analog one. That's the main
problem. I guess you could download a 3rd party clock.
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Well the early 3xxx bulids had one, why was it removed?

plus you have it in the sidebar, taskbar, why not add it to a 3rd spot in
the OS?

"Steve Urbach" wrote:

> On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:46:29 -0500, William <woogles@charter.net>
> wrote:
>
> >Most people wear wrist-watches, so I do not see the need of having a
> I stopped wearing a watch when I started wearing a Cell phone with a
> time display.
> How hard would it be to include the time on the pre-logon screen saver
> / login bar? Sure would be a lot more useful than just the floating
> "Windows" tm
>
>
>
> >clock on the welcome screen to tell what the time is.
>
> >William
> >
> >chrisg1990 wrote:
> >> Right now i'm useing vista beta 2 bulid 5384. It's the first vista bulid i've
> >> ever used. I've notice that the welcome screen doesn't have a clock. I think
> >> it would be a great idea to have a cock for those who arn't loged in and have
> >> the welcome screen up, they can tell what time it is. i under stand the Alpha
> >> bulids ( 3xxx ) had a clock. Why was that feature removed?
> >>
> >>
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> >> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/co...s.vista.general
>

Haven't worn a watch in years. Cell phone gives me the time and I don't have
to change it when I cross time zones. That said, I see nothing extravegant
about the poster's question or desire to have a clock on the Welcome screen.

Lang


"William" <woogles@charter.net> wrote in message
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> Most people wear wrist-watches, so I do not see the need of having a clock
> on the welcome screen to tell what the time is.
>
> William
>
> chrisg1990 wrote:
>> Right now i'm useing vista beta 2 bulid 5384. It's the first vista bulid
>> i've ever used. I've notice that the welcome screen doesn't have a clock.
>> I think it would be a great idea to have a cock for those who arn't loged
>> in and have the welcome screen up, they can tell what time it is. i under
>> stand the Alpha bulids ( 3xxx ) had a clock. Why was that feature
>> removed?
>>
>>
>>
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>> suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the
>> "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button,
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>> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/co...s.vista.general

if you guys are so focus on not having a clock in the welcome screen.
becuase you wear a watch. then why have it in the taskbar and sidebar. its
the same thing....
"Lang Murphy" wrote:

> Haven't worn a watch in years. Cell phone gives me the time and I don't have
> to change it when I cross time zones. That said, I see nothing extravegant
> about the poster's question or desire to have a clock on the Welcome screen.
>
> Lang
>
>
> "William" <woogles@charter.net> wrote in message
> news:%239XNsmzwGHA.4876@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > Most people wear wrist-watches, so I do not see the need of having a clock
> > on the welcome screen to tell what the time is.
> >
> > William
> >
> > chrisg1990 wrote:
> >> Right now i'm useing vista beta 2 bulid 5384. It's the first vista bulid
> >> i've ever used. I've notice that the welcome screen doesn't have a clock.
> >> I think it would be a great idea to have a cock for those who arn't loged
> >> in and have the welcome screen up, they can tell what time it is. i under
> >> stand the Alpha bulids ( 3xxx ) had a clock. Why was that feature
> >> removed?
> >>
> >>
> >>
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It may not be needed to have a clock on the login screen, however there
should be an option for people who do want it. It should at least be in some
part of the code, that way skinners can add the feature to their login if
they choose to do so.

"chrisg1990" wrote:

> Right now i'm useing vista beta 2 bulid 5384. It's the first vista bulid i've
> ever used. I've notice that the welcome screen doesn't have a clock. I think
> it would be a great idea to have a cock for those who arn't loged in and have
> the welcome screen up, they can tell what time it is. i under stand the Alpha
> bulids ( 3xxx ) had a clock. Why was that feature removed?
>
>
>
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> suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
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On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:51:02 -0700, Tony <Tony@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>It may not be needed to have a clock on the login screen, however there
>should be an option for people who do want it. It should at least be in some
>part of the code, that way skinners can add the feature to their login if
>they choose to do so.

I expect they considered any running code before the login to be a
security risk and that's why it was eliminated. Although, if a hacker can
upload a compromised clock to the system, then I'd say the system is
already compromised.

It would be nice to hear the back story on the clock though.

/still misses the way picking a timezone worked in W95.
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