text: my step son and his brilliancy some how removed the little clock thats usually in the bottom right corner why? please tell my how to get it back please. why he did it is anybodys guess, but to get it back (in windows xp) you must right-click the taskbar and select properties . click on the task bar tab. at the bottom will be a check-box that says "show the clock". check the box and click "apply" then "ok", and you'll be good to go.