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Moving date/time on lock screen

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Sicard
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Is it possible to reposition the large date and time on the lock screen on a laptop from its fixed position of bottom left to say at the top?

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  • Neil_Jones
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    No.

    You can change the format (to 12hr) through regional settings but that will affect all time display options, so taskbar, folders, etc...
  • Sicard
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    Neil_Jones said:
    No.

    You can change the format (to 12hr) through regional settings but that will affect all time display options, so taskbar, folders, etc...
    I rather thought so. You'd have thought M$ would have made that an option though.
    Many thanks.
    You know what uranium is, right? It's this thing called nuclear weapons. And other things. Like lots of things are done with uranium. Including some bad things.
    Donald Trump, Press Conference, February 16, 2017
  • Neil_Jones
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    edited 15 April 2022 at 10:20AM
    Sicard said:
    Neil_Jones said:
    No.

    You can change the format (to 12hr) through regional settings but that will affect all time display options, so taskbar, folders, etc...
    I rather thought so. You'd have thought M$ would have made that an option though.
    Many thanks.
    Well the lock screen has been there since the days of Windows NT so its not a new thing (since Windows XP all consumer versions of Windows are based on NT to a large extent).  The lock screen saw a shift to the new/current design in Windows 8 which 10 retained, but the clock options weren't changeable in 8 either.
  • J_B
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    Where is this "date/time on lock screen" dare I ask.
    Only been on Windows since W95, but don't recall ever seeing it.  🤷‍♂️
  • Sicard
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    J_B said:
    Where is this "date/time on lock screen" dare I ask.
    Only been on Windows since W95, but don't recall ever seeing it.  🤷‍♂️
    https://www.specsavers.com/
    You know what uranium is, right? It's this thing called nuclear weapons. And other things. Like lots of things are done with uranium. Including some bad things.
    Donald Trump, Press Conference, February 16, 2017
  • J_B
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    Sicard said:
    J_B said:
    Where is this "date/time on lock screen" dare I ask.
    Only been on Windows since W95, but don't recall ever seeing it.  🤷‍♂️
    https://www.specsavers.com/

    Not helpful .... :D
  • GDB2222
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    Dozens of screensavers with clocks to choose from.

    https://www.screensaversplanet.com/screensavers/themes/clocks


    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • Grey_Critic
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    J_B said:
    Where is this "date/time on lock screen" dare I ask.
    Only been on Windows since W95, but don't recall ever seeing it.  🤷‍♂️
    Bottom Right

  • Jenni_D
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    On my W11 instance the date/time is middle-top of the lock screen. 🤷‍♀️

    Jenni x
  • Emmia
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    Jenni_D said:
    On my W11 instance the date/time is middle-top of the lock screen. 🤷‍♀️

    It's in the same position on my W11 lockscreen
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