Adding Your Name to the Vista Clock

I hope you enjoyed the last trick related to the Windows clock, because today I have a new one. This time, you won't learn how to display more clocks, and probably some people would consider having a custom time format useless, but for those that enjoy having a nickname written all over their operating system, adding "George"or "Paul" to their time could be vital, so here it goes...


As you can see above, the default time format has nothing special to it, since you can choose the 24 hours display mode, or the AM/PM one. Today's trick is more interesting if you are using this last format, and you'll see why right away...

- Press the Start Orb, and type "regio" to find the Regional and Language Options applet. If you really have time to waste, you can also go to Control Panel>Clock, Language and Region>Regional and Language Options, but I don't advise you to do it this way...

- In the Formats tab, left click on Customize this format.

- Add short strings for AM and PM hours. Unfortunately, you won't be able to add "Good morning, John" or "Good night, Jane", because there is a limit of about 8 characters, if I am not wrong (enough to say that I wasn't able to use "SoftDistrict" as my string...)

- Check the results I got on my computer. Pretty cool, isn't it?

If you are using the 24 hours format, then you'll only be able to add one string, but I am sure that if you consider this trick interesting, switching to the AM/PM time format isn't such a hard step to take. I hope you will enjoy this, and if something doesn't work, be sure to drop me a comment, I'll be more than happy to help you!