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ayryq:
Hi, my pastor just asked me if I could find a way to have a timer display on our projector screen counting down to the time when our service starts. We show a timed powerpoint show of announcements prior to the service, so this would need to display over the top of that.

There's about a million countdown timers out there for Windows but I need one feature that seems pretty uncommon, namely, to count down to a time (e.g. 10:45 AM) instead of by an amount (e.g. 10 minutes). I need this so I don't have to do math, or be precise about when I start the timer.

Here's the rest of my wishlist:
Displays on top of powerpoint (on 2nd monitor) with no border, background, etc.
Configurable font face, size, color, and opacity.
Ability to have it just disappear or exit when reaching 0:00. (I.e. no message, no blinking; I don't even want it to stay there saying "0:00."
(as mentioned) Counts down to a specific time, according to the system clock.

Some more "wants":
It would be nice if it remembered everything from week to week so I could just hit "start"
It would be nice if the number string was configurable (e.g. I don't want leading zeros on the minutes)

The best one I've found so far is:
http://www.da-share.com/software/presentation-timer/ - it lacks the ability to count to a specified time.

Has anyone already done this search and found the perfect countdown timer?

Thanks,
Eric

ayryq:
Here's another "almost"
http://download.cnet.com/Presentation-CountDown-Timer/3000-2350_4-10805510.html

+Counts down to a specified time, and disappears at zero
-Size and color of text not configurable
-Has some compatibility problems with Windows 8 (error on exit)
-doesn't remember settings (like where the time was displayed) This might be because of the error above.

Ath:
-Has some compatibility problems with Windows 8 (error on exit)
-doesn't remember settings (like where the time was displayed) This might be because of the error above.
-ayryq (April 14, 2015, 02:05 PM)
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You might be able to fix that by applying "Run as Administrator" on it, it probably tries to write to protected registry locations. It's from 2008... :huh:

mouser:
This sounds like a good candidate for a Coding Snack if you don't find something perfect already made..

kunkel321:
Looks like there's also a freebie coming up on
http://www.bitsdujour.com/software/gtd-timer-lite/in=upcoming-discounts

Iv'e never used it, so don't know how great it is.

EDIT:  Also search
https://sourceforge.net/directory/os:windows/?q=desktop%20timer

Looks like "Desktop Timer" might be a candidate for you(?)

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