How to display your Name in Windows Taskbar
With Windows, you can always customize the look and feel of your system. For instance, you can display a name of your choice in the Windows Taskbar just adjacent to the digital time clock – just for the heck of it! Let us see how to go about it.
Display Name in Taskbar
The tip may especially interest the younger
set. This fun-tip will let you customize the alphabets appearing after the time numerals in the taskbar.
Put your name if you wish!
In
Windows 8, press Win+X in combination to bring up the Power Task Menu. From it, choose ‘Control Panel’. Then, select
Region.
Now, from the ‘Region’ window that appears on your computer screen, select ‘Additional Settings’ button.
Later, from the ‘Customize Format’ window, choose the ‘Time’ tab.
Here, change both the AM and PM letters to any name you wish.
Make sure that the format you are using has “tt” in it.
That is: Time Format = hh:mm:ss tt
Then, simply click on Apply > OK.
If you do not like the changes made, reverse them and restore it to default settings by simply clicking on the reset button or by changing it back manually to AM and PM.
In
Windows 7, open Control Panel, select Region and Language > Formats tab > Additional settings button and then in the Customize Format windows which opens, select Time tab and follow the above procedure.