I have another minor annoyance that I have been unsuccessful in trying to research myself.  I am running Windows XP Home on an HP Pavilion a1220n.  I like to move the mouse cursor down to the time in the lower right corner of the screen to see the DATE.  However, sometimes, but not always, only part of the balloon tip shows, and the rest of it is hidden behind the taskbar.  I have seen no rhyme or reason as to why it only does this sometimes.  My taskbar icons NEVER seem to do this; thay always appear over the bar.  Without UNCHECKING the "Keep the taskbar on top of other windows" option in the taskbar properties dialog box, is there some type of setting or modification that I could make that would correct this?  Thank you to all who share their expertise.  I would also like to add that if my computer did this consistantly, I would just consider it to be the "nature of the beast".  The fact that this happens only some of the time is what puzzles me.  http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm] Try Here

Thanks for the reply, patio, but I've seen this utility before, and unless I'm missing something, it can do nothing for my problem.  You may like to try TClockLight (follow the software link in my signature).  I USE the following settings:

Color and Font: Tahoma 8
Format: Custom - "ddd, d/mm/yy\nhh:nn:ss tt"; 12H.

In the space that you normally have the time, you will instead have the date and the time, on two lines, thus:



I'm afraid I'm not sure of the answer to your problem, but you might find that you prefer using this utility anyway.Thanks for the tip, Rob.  I will try that.  I'm not quite sure what I'm supposed to do in regards to "following" your signature, but Google found it in a flash.  I was never concerned that there was a problem with my PC; I just always find it odd when something does not work the same way consistantly.  I didn't think about the option of using an add-on program; I was stuck in the "modify the OS on the PC" box!!!  Thanks again!!!No problem!

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I'm not quite sure what I'm supposed to do in regards to "following" your signature