Trying to get Windows 11 to show seconds.

Click the clock on the taskbar. Notifications and calendar but no seconds.

Search “seconds” in settings. Apparently you can only have them shown on the taskbar permanently (with implied distraction and CPU usage).

Look in time settings. No seconds, either.

Open the Clock app. The update takes a minute. No seconds there, either.

Search the internet. Apparently this is a function Microsoft disabled in Windows 11 but can be restored with Explorer Patcher, along with the option to set taskbar transparency via Classic Shell (so that you can watch the status in another window while others are maximized).

Don’t have time for that, install Linux instead