timers are the gone forever

hey i was wondering ive been looking through thread after thread fo rsome info on timers but i dont seem to find any why is this.
i know about gettickcount and other apis but sometimes i dont need to use the apis the regular vb will do just fine does any one use regular timers here.
thanks
peace out

What are you trying to do with your timer? A counter? Just have it add one to your varible everytime the timer fires. You want to count seconds, set the interval to 1000 so that it fires every one second. It's not always accurate to the millisecond, but it's close.