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P. Ahnit

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Jan 13, 2000, 3:00:00 AM1/13/00
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I installed Win98SE a few days ago. Today I opened the clock. I noticed that
both AM and PM were showing (PM below AM). I clicked PM and the clock
changed to AM. Now I can't set the clock to PM. No matter if I click AM or
PM, the clock says AM.

What is going on here? Your knowledge share will be much appreciated.

P.

Brian K. Pearcy

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Jan 13, 2000, 3:00:00 AM1/13/00
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Hello,

See if the following information applies to your situation:

PSS ID Number: Q221296
Article last modified on 05-06-1999

WINDOWS:98

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 98
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SYMPTOMS
========

When you try to change AM to PM or PM to AM in the Date/Time tool in Control
Panel, you may be unable to do so. Also, AM and PM may be displayed at the same
time next to the clock on the right side of the taskbar.

CAUSE
=====

This issue can occur if you are using a custom font size that is larger than 125
percent.

RESOLUTION
==========

To resolve this issue, decrease your custom font size to 125 percent or less.

MORE INFORMATION
================

When you increase your custom font size to more than 125 percent, you receive
the following warning message:

This font size setting may cause some programs to appear incorrectly.

Hope this helps,
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Brian
Microsoft MVP -- Win95/98
http://www.gcstation.net/~pearcyb
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P. Ahnit

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Jan 13, 2000, 3:00:00 AM1/13/00
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Thank you for the correct assessment of the problem. It is bad news, though.
The fonts are TOO SMALL at 125% unless I lower display resolution.

Oh, yet another frustration! I buy a big high-res display and fancy video
board and Microsoft says "sorry, we are not supporting current technology."

This after arguing with Macophiles about how superior Windows 95 was in this
regard. I'd hoped Windows 98 would be even better but it has actually been
degraded.

P.

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Brian K. Pearcy

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Jan 14, 2000, 3:00:00 AM1/14/00
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Hello,

Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Personally, I set my 17" monitor to 1024X768, 16 bit color, with the font size set to 96 dpi (small fonts). For me, this works very well.

Regards,


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Brian
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P. Ahnit

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I appreciate your reply, Brian. Now I know where the problem is.

I have my 21" monitor at 1600 x 1200 and 24-bit color. I like the fonts at
133dpi (139%). Windows 98 does not adjust all text accordingly though, and
it doesn't let me set the font size for Window text. So some dialogs are
hard to read.

I would very much appreciate a truly resolution-independent operating system
that would show everything correctly according to specified monitor
dimensions and pixels-per-inch values in both x and y. If this were
implemented, high quality displays could show text more closely resembling
the quality of print. Windows 98 is aware of display adapter and monitor
settings so this is certainly possible now.

People can not be forced into narrow categories of "visually impaired" and
"normal". The range of visual acuities is analog. Microsoft, please
recognize this fact and work to make Windows the most adaptable GUI the
world has ever seen.

Thank you.

P.

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Type_2

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Jan 14, 2000, 3:00:00 AM1/14/00
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Hello
While I don't think I can help you with fixing your clock I do
believe that I have an alternate solution that you may find useful.
Its called TClock http://users.iafrica.com/d/da/dalen. It uses very
little resources and gives the time to the second it also lets you set
the way the date appears exp..14 Jan 00 or 14/1/00 etc.
It has a few extra features. I suggest you go to the above website
and have a look.
Yes its free.

Regards
Type_2
DownLoadJunkie


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P. Ahnit

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Jan 15, 2000, 3:00:00 AM1/15/00
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"Alex Nichol" <Alex....@ukgateway.delete.net> wrote in message
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> It is only to provide a convenient start point. You can go to Control
> Panel - Appearance and select Items there (especially 'Icon' and
> choose a font and size for the related font. It offers up to 24 point
> in Arial for the icons which *ought* to be enough for the largest
> display

Thanks, I have already adjusted appearance sizes as much as Windows 98 will
allow (Window text is not adjustable).

My criteria for a 'correct' display is to be able to open a document or HTML
email and have 10pt type displayed at the same size it would appear on a
printed page held at normal reading distance. If this were the norm we would
not have the problem that exists today, where text that is readable on one
person's electronic document is too large or too small when viewed on
another system.

P.

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