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how do I set clock on windows 8?

Anonymous
2012-11-25T23:59:05+00:00

how do I set clock on windows 8?

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-11-26T21:54:27+00:00

    Hi**,**

    Thank you for posting your question in Microsoft Community.

    From your issue description, I understand that you are unable to set clock in Windows 8. Please let me know if this is not the issue that you are facing.

    Try the steps below and check after:

    a)      Press ‘Windows + X’ keyboard keys. Select Control Panel.

    b)      Click the Date and Time tab, and then click Change date and time.

    c)      Note:  If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

    d)      In the Date and Time Settings dialog box, do one or more of the following:

    • To change the hour, double-click Hour, and then click the arrows to increase or decrease the value.
    • To change the minutes, double-click Minutes, and then click the arrows to increase or decrease the value.
    • To change the seconds, double-click Seconds, and then click the arrows to increase or decrease the value.

    e)      When you have finished changing the time settings, click OK.

    f)       To change the time zone, click Change Time Zone.

    g)      In the Time Zone Settings dialog box, click your current time zone in the drop-down list, and then click OK.

    If the issue persists, post your reply with results. We are happy to assist you with advanced troubleshooting steps.

    Hope it helps.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-05-07T03:55:37+00:00

    OK.  The Charms are the things that come up when you swipe from the right of your trackpad/screen.  You can get to the basic charm bar by pressing Windows-C.

    I'm not sure how to set Military time.  I'll look it up and get back if I can find anything.  Windows 8 does have the Taskbar clock, but no metro clock that always shows.  You can see the time by pulling up the basic charms (it has the time in a large black box in the lower left-hand corner of the screen).

    You can find a hidden start menu when you put your cursor in the lower left-hand corner of the screen, and you can see which apps are open by putting your cursor in the upper left-hand corner of the screen and pulling down along the edge of the screen.  You can get the charms by putting your cursor in either right-hand corner and pulling up/down along the edge.

    The reason MS is changing it is many people have expressed a desire to have their phone, tablet, and desktop all able to run the same thing.  This is a first version, and a major update is being beta tested at MS now and is expected to be released this fall.  You can give feedback for Windows 8 apps by going to the Settings charm and clicking Feedback.  I hope this helps you.  Write back if you need more help.

    Update:

    To set military time, search Region from the Control Panel.  Open the Region box and set the Short time and the Long time to the capital H format, e.g. H:MM and H:MM:ss.  Select the ones with two H's if you want to see the zero before the single-digit hours e.g. 08:xx instead of 8:xx.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-05-07T01:57:25+00:00

    Go to the Change PC Settings tab in the Settings charm.  Go to the General tab and set your time zone there.  You can also do this by right-clicking the clock on the Taskbar and selecting Adjust Date/Time.  Change your time zone there.

    RaeZehel: You should have started your own forum about the Weather app, but when did you start having a problem?  The weather app, along with Travel and Maps, are apparently down right now.  You can change your Home page by going to the Places page (right-click somewhere on the screen to get the menu to get there) and change your home page there.  You could also uninstall and reinstall it.  This should only take about a minute and might fix any corrupted files.

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-10-17T12:35:03+00:00

    i can't set my clock because i have a problem with microsoft account . so what i have to do to set it back?

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-05-06T23:27:25+00:00

    Hi, new to W8 here and finding it absolutely maddening. I set my time as military time, which it shows as having been saved as such but will not display as such. I can't say I trust a company who makes it so difficult to simply set the time. It also has my location randomly set in Weather as being Madison, New Jersey and elsewhere as St. Louis, Missouri, neither of which are remotely close to me and with no option to fix. Little help?

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