Microsoft is earning millions of detractors from Windows 11 . If there are still many who have not even wanted to upgrade to Windows 10, the company is giving more and more reasons not to update by removing dozens of functions that were present in the previous function. Now, it is the turn of the clock .
In recent weeks we have been learning what Microsoft is going to remove in Windows 11. Among them we find the option of dragging files to open them in a program that we have on the taskbar, the possibility of changing the position of the taskbar, being able to ungroup the open windows and show the text, the menu when you right-click on the taskbar, and a long etcetera.
Goodbye to seeing the seconds in the hour of Windows 10
Now, it is the turn of the clock on the taskbar . The clock is something that has been present in Windows for decades, and in Windows 7, 8 and 10 we find both programs and native options of the operating system to show the seconds in the time . However, Microsoft is inexplicably going to load this option.
In Windows 10, we find the option of being able to create a value in the Windows registry called ” ShowSecondsInSystemClock ” which, as its name suggests, allows us to add the second hand to the clock to have greater precision when we see the time. Adding it is optional, and by default Microsoft only shows the minutes.
All of that will change with Windows 11, where Microsoft has inexplicably removed this option to show time in seconds. This has been confirmed by the company in a post in the Feedback Center , with a message that reads: “Sorry, this registry key is not supported in Windows 11 . Thank you very much for your opinion, which we will use as a guide for future changes to the watch. ”
You will have to resort to third-party programs
This generic response is what they give to any unpopular change they make, which unfortunately there are many in recent weeks. Thus, in this case, it will be necessary to resort to third-party applications to regain the second hand, which had fallen in popularity in recent years thanks to the fact that Windows 10 already included the option natively for those who wanted to activate it.
In this way, Microsoft continues to add complaints regarding Windows 11, where we must also add the demanding restrictions at the hardware level to be able to install this new version of its operating system. Users want more flexibility, and what Microsoft is doing is basically copying Apple when it comes to restricting and capping functionality.
This is something that, unfortunately, has been happening with Windows for years. Each version usually loses functionalities with respect to the previous one, but usually they were minor things or that even Microsoft replaced with better ones. In this case, much more is being lost in Windows 11 than was lost for example when going from Windows 8.1 to 10, where the improvements made it very worthwhile to upgrade. We’ll see what else they surprise us with before launch, which according to the latest leaks is expected to be in October.
