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Title:IBM PCs, clones, DOS, etc.
Notice:Intro in 1-11, Windows stuff in NOTED::MSWINDOWS please
Moderator:TARKIN::LINND
Created:Mon Jan 02 1995
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3023
Total number of notes:28404

2980.0. "WIN95 clock won't change from AM to PM!" by FABSIX::J_SADIN (Freedom isn't free.) Mon Apr 07 1997 08:33

    
    
    
    Ok, silly question time:
    
    	I can't get the clock on Win95 to change from AM to PM! What's up
    with that? I can change the time, month, whatever, just not the am/pm
    button. Am I missing something here? 
    
    	Thanks for any help.
    
    	jim
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2980.1try this, works for meSUBSYS::MSOUCYMentalmETALMikeMon Apr 07 1997 09:4312
    
    Hi,
    
    I just tried this and it worked.
    
    Go into control panel, double-click date/time, highlight the AM/PM
    portion and use the up/down arrow. Changed it, applied it, moved mouse
    to taskbar to make it active and it showed PM, changed it back via
    above methods, back to AM now. Is this what you were trying to do??
    
    Mike
2980.2FABSIX::J_SADINFreedom isn't free.Mon Apr 07 1997 10:2218
    
    
>    Go into control panel, double-click date/time, highlight the AM/PM
>    portion and use the up/down arrow. Changed it, applied it, moved mouse
>    to taskbar to make it active and it showed PM, changed it back via
>    above methods, back to AM now. Is this what you were trying to do??
    
    	Yup, and I couldn't get it to change. I would click on the up/down
    arrow and it would highlight the AM/PM portion, but when I went to
    apply it, it wouldn't show anything but AM (I was doing all this in the
    evening obviously). Going back into date/time under the control panel
    showed that it was still set to AM. 
    
    	I'll give it another go tonight. 
    
    	thanks,
    
    	jim
2980.3F8 when booting to get to boot menu...CONSLT::OWENStop Global WhiningMon Apr 07 1997 10:446
    Try it from "safe mode".  I've seen controls in some of the many
    control panels not work right because of weirdness with the video
    drivers.
    
    -Steve
2980.4Try to use military time convention....NETCAD::BATTERSBYMon Apr 07 1997 11:027
    If you are just trying to change the time from standard to
    Daylight Savings, and are having trouble changing from am to pm,
    you may have to simply use military time (IE: 3:00pm=15:00), so that
    entering 3:00 can only mean am. But then again, the wierdness with
    certain video drivers doesn't surprise me.
    
    Bob
2980.5FABSIX::J_SADINFreedom isn't free.Mon Apr 07 1997 14:0112
    
    
    	I tried using military time...it won't take it.
    
    	re: "Safe" mode
    
    	how does one boot W95 in 'safe' mode? I've never had occasion to
    try...
    
    	thanks!
    
    	jim
2980.6When sys says Starting Windows 95... press <F8>ALFSS2::MITCHAM_AAndy in Alpharetta (near Atlanta)Mon Apr 07 1997 14:220
2980.7FABSIX::J_SADINFreedom isn&#039;t free.Tue Apr 08 1997 08:245
    
    
    	thanks!
2980.8FABSIX::J_SADINFreedom isn&#039;t free.Tue Apr 15 1997 10:248
    
    
    	It worked! After booting in "safe" mode I was able to change the
    clock. I couldn't change it otherwise....
    
    	thanks for all the tips!
    
    	jim