...it's a great little program:
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,6122-order,1-page,1-c,alldownloads/description.html
I've used it for years in Win98 and WinXP.
It displays the time several ways. My time looks like: 2:47:08 PM Mon. Nov 9
I used this code to achieve it: h:mm:ss tt ddd. MMM d
Leave a space at the end to move it in from the bottom right a bit.
Is there any way to have the seconds display on the notification area clock?

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