Problem with clock/date

[Les Feinstein]

When I hover the cursor over the clock (in the systray), I generally
get a popup showing the date. This is normal. However, occasionally
the popup is mostly obscured behind the task bar. This doesn't happen
often, but when it does happen, it's repeatable each time I bring the
cursor back to the clock. I have not been able to correlate this
behavior with any specific action I have taken. Why does this happen,
and how can I fix it?
Thanks for any help.

 

[Heirloom]

Don't know why it happens, but, I bet the same thing applies to the
informational balloons when you hover the mouse over a quick launch icon.
The cure is to reboot. I have been told by an MS-MVP that Microsoft is
aware of this issue and is working on it. I have had it happen once and the
reboot cured it.
Heirloom, old and don't know why

 

[Shane]

Don't know why it happens, but, I bet the same thing applies to the
informational balloons when you hover the mouse over a quick launch icon.
The cure is to reboot. I have been told by an MS-MVP that Microsoft is
aware of this issue and is working on it. I have had it happen once and
the reboot cured it.
Heirloom, old and don't know why

Funny that! Never thought of it as something they'd care enough about to
fix. But if they do, it's sure taken them a bloody long time!

Needless to say, I've seen it *many* times!


Shane

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[Drew Tognola]

Sometimes I'll check the date and nothing shows. This happens more often
than the partially hidden date, at least with mine. I wonder if they're both
related?

Drew

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

Funny that! Never thought of it as something they'd care enough about
to fix. But if they do, it's sure taken them a bloody long time!

Needless to say, I've seen it *many* times!


Shane

I see it VERY rarely. The fact that it is inconsistent makes it much harder
to fix.

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[Shane]

Only just seen this.

I see it VERY rarely. The fact that it is inconsistent makes it much
harder to fix.

Sure, but it's been - what - 4 years? I've seen it dozens of times and
presumably many others have too. Logic suggests it's a low priority issue,
rather than simply too rare to pin down.


Shane

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[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

Sure, but it's been - what - 4 years? I've seen it dozens of times and
presumably many others have too. Logic suggests it's a low priority
issue, rather than simply too rare to pin down.

The first step in fixing a problem is to reproduce it. Until you can
reproduce it you can't fix it.
Although I admit that many other things probably have higher priority and I
agree that they do.

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[Shane]

The first step in fixing a problem is to reproduce it. Until you can
reproduce it you can't fix it.
Although I admit that many other things probably have higher priority and I
agree that they do.

My take on it would be that, after so long *someone* in a relevent position
at MS must surely have seen it and eventually been able to deduce it's
cause, even if up until then they'd failed to reproduce it. Anyway we seem
to agree that eventually the problem would be fixed given enough time and
resources, but that because it's low priority it hasn't yet?

Shane