In present times, most of us have asecondary monitorset up at home to increase productivity. Offices have started giving extra monitors to their employees, and there is no number limit to how many monitors techies and gamers use.
We appreciate the sleekness of windows 11, but many users report that the taskbar clock doesn’t show on their secondary monitors. Theprime causeis thatwindows didn’t create this feature in windows 11when it was first released.
But as users have expressed their disappointment, Microsoft has been sending out anupdate to fixthis issue. We can either fix it byupdating windowsorusing a third-party appto do it.
We have given detailed info about this issue, check it out, and by the time you finish this article, you will have the clock displayed on the secondary monitors.
How to Show Clock on All Monitors Windows 11
The first step regarding the operating system build should be enough to fix the issue. Only use third-party apps if there are errors with the first alternative.
Check Your Windows OS Build
Windows OS build will largely impact if you get this feature. When windows 11 was first released, users could not show the clock on the secondary monitor’s Taskbar.
This scenario has changed as Microsoft has found the flaw.Any build above 22000.526will have thisfeature enabled.
The current windows 11 build is at 22000.708. So, it’s best to check your build and update windows to its latest version. Follow the steps below to check OS Build and update windows.
Check Windows Operating System Build
As you may see in the above picture, the OS build is 2200.493. As stated above, the secondary monitor’s Taskbar’s clock will only work on builds above 22000.526. If you see a build less than, follow the update windows procedure stated below:
In the events youcannot update windows, and there are some errors, we have a specific article dedicated to that issue. We recommend checking it out.
If you have specific error codes showing like 0xc1900223,0x800700c1,0x80070002,0x80073712, 0xc1900101 etc you might need specific fixes.
Use a Third-Party Apps
