Microsoft made it a real challenge to automate the enabling of the Clock on the taskbar. Some clever people worked out how this can be achieved several years ago by manipulating certain bits of the Settings binary value under the “Stuckrects2” registry key. However, it would only take effect on the 2nd logon, because the Stuckrects2 key is only created on the first logoff for a new user profile. I’ve simply extended an earlier script, written by Jeff Durbin, to create the Stuckrects2 key structure and set the Settings value to a default value during the first logon. This then allows us to manipulate the value as intended so that we can ensure the task bar Clock is displayed for all new user logons.
Enjoy!