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The Easter Eggs



X-SETUP EASTER EGG - Part 2


This works with all Xteq X-Setup 5.xx/6.xx releases (freeware), the BEST and most comprehensive Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME system power tweaker available.
Run X-Setup either from the Start Menu -> Programs -> Xteq Systems -> X-Setup, or from your Control Panel Xteq X-Setup icon -> click Help -> click About.
The blue box in the lower right corner displays scrolling text with the names of the Xteq Systems team members and other credits.
But if you double-click on the blue vertical bar at the left with the Xteq logo, which says "Do More Faster" at the bottom, this will change to a small flying helicopterscrolling from left to right in the animation window, while your default web browser will open at the Xteq Systems home page.

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SKIFREE EASTER EGG


Courtesy of Harry Frank (harry@sprint.ca). Enjoy.

"The old Windows 16-bit SkiFree game (Ski.exe) from the original Microsoft Entertainment Pack, which used to be bundled with some OEM MS Windows 3.1x computers [way back :)], has an Easter Egg:

  1. Play the game: ski down the hill.
  2. Go past the Finish line and keep on skiing.
  3. At some point, an ugly gray MS monster will jump out onto the hill and will eat the skier [you :)]. After that, the monster starts jumping up and down, rubbing his belly. This also happens if you ski left, right, or even up the hill. The monster will disappear when you click your mouse on the game screen, and you will be automatically "teleported" back to the Start line, where you can begin a new game.
    Maybe the monster appears after a certain amount of time has passed since the race started. When you ski uphill, it happens sooner. :)"

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MS IE 5.5 EASTER EGG


Courtesy of Dave (dave68@telusplanet.net). Enjoy.

"The Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Easter Egg is located on the MS IE web site. Therefore you need to be connected to the internet for this to work:

  1. Open an Internet Explorer 5.5 window.
  2. Click on Help -> About. A window will pop up.
  3. Hold down together Left Ctrl + Alt + Shift.
  4. While holding, left-click your mouse on Acknowledgements.
  5. Ta-dah! You'll be directed to the MS IE 5.5 "Thank You" web page, and then a new browser window will open, with the animated MS IE blue logo inside a thick blue bordered box, followed by the credits screen listing the IE 5.5 developer team."

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UPDATE: "The IE 5.5 Egg works also in IE 6.0 beta but still shows the IE 5.5 logo."
[Thank you Neil (romrix@hotmail.com)!]

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EXCEL 2000 EASTER EGG - Part 2


This works ONLY with Microsoft Excel 2000. Follow these steps to play the game:

  1. Run Excel 2000.
  2. Select "Save as Web Page" from the File menu.
  3. Select "Save: Selection: Sheet".
  4. Check the "Add interactivity" box and click Save.
  5. Exit Excel 2000.
  6. Load the saved HTML page in Microsoft Internet Explorer 4/5.
  7. Scroll down to row 2000, column WC.
  8. Select row 2000 (activating the entire line) and then press Tab until WC is selected again.
  9. Hold down Shift + Ctrl + Alt, and click the MS Office logo in the upper left corner.
  10. Use the arrow keys to steer, space to fire, O (the letter "ou") to drop oil, and H to turn on the headlights.
  11. Hit Esc to exit the game.

NOTE: You MUST have MS DirectX APIs installed to start the driving game with ALL developers names displayed!

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EXCEL 2000 EASTER EGG - Part 1


Uncovered by Beth Herman (eaherman@att.net). Many thanks!

  1. "In Excel, open a new spreadsheet.
  2. Press F5 (goto function).
  3. Type X2000:L2000 in the reference box. Click OK.
  4. Then press Tab. (You should now be at cell M2000).
  5. Hold Ctrl + Shift down, and while holding them down click the mouse on Chart Wizard. Exit by hitting Escape.
    You get the Excel 2000 Credits!"

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WIN98 EASTER EGG - Part 4


Sent courtesy of Piotr (polpio@polbox.com).

"When copying file xxx.HTM (in the timedemo!) to eg. %windir%\temp, open the file as text, and search for this line: 

<PARAM NAME="FileName" VALUE="welcome.wav">

Add the full path to the WAV file, eg: 

<PARAM NAME="FileName" VALUE="C:\Windows\Aplication Data\Microsoft\Welcome\welcom98.wav">

Save the file (preserve its name!) in %windir%\Aplication Data.
Now (double)-click on it in Windows Explorer. The "Team 98" Eater Egg is fully accessed!"

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JAVASCRIPT BROWSER RESIZER EASTER EGG


To enable the undocumented Netscape Navigator/Communicator 4.xx/5.xx and Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0x/5.xx JavaScript 1.1 browser window resizer, open your favorite Internet browser, and type one of these strings EXACTLY as they appear here, in the Address/Location URL box (screen width/height measured in pixels):

javascript:resizeTo(640,480);
javascript:resizeTo(800,600);
javascript:resizeTo(1024,768);
javascript:resizeTo(1152,874);
javascript:resizeTo(1200,1024);
javascript:resizeTo(1600,1200);
javascript:resizeTo(1792,1344);
javascript:resizeTo(1800,1400);
javascript:resizeTo(1972,1600);

Then just hit Enter to see the effect.
Of course, you can only use the screen resolutions supported by both your video controller AND monitor. :)

NOTE: This trick does NOT work with ANY of these browser releases older than 4.00, because those do NOT support JavaScript 1.1 standard.

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WIN9X/NT OPENGL EASTER EGG


This Windows 95 B/C OSR2, 98, ME, NT 3.51/4.0 and 2000 Easter Egg is hidden into the 3D Pipes (OpenGL) Screen Saver, bundled with these Operating Systems.
The file SSPIPES.SCR is located in C:\Windows\System on Win9x/ME systems, and in C:\Windows\System32 on WinNT/2000 systems.
To activate the Egg, follow these steps EXACTLY:

  1. Right-click on an empty spot on your Desktop.
  2. Select Properties.
  3. Select the Screen Saver tab.
  4. Select "3D Pipes (OpenGL)" from the Screen Saver list.
  5. Click the Settings button.
  6. Select Multiple for Pipes.
  7. Select Traditional for Pipe Style.
  8. Select Mixed for Joint Type.
  9. Select Solid for Surface Style.
  10. Click OK.

Start/Preview the screen saver: some of the joints are now "teapot" shaped.

UPDATE: "Select Textured for Surface Style, but do NOT click Choose Texture (all other steps are identical), to get a candy cane effect on the pipes."
[Thank you Bear (bearsfangs@rockford.com)!]

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MSD EASTER EGGS


MicroSoft Diagnostics utility for DOS (MSD.EXE) "shows off" 2 Easter Eggs:

  1. MSD v2.00 bundled with MS Windows 3.10 (located in your Windows directory), and probably other earlier releases, pops up a "funny" message when you:

    1. Press and hold Alt and H or click Help.
    2. Hit Enter (or A) or click About.
    3. Punch F1:

      "No Help Available.
      (so leave me alone)      "

    Microsoft removed this "joke" from all newer MSD releases begining with v2.01, included with MS Windows 3.11 and MS-DOS 6.00.

  2. MSD v2.13 bundled with MS Windows 95 retail, 95a OSR1, 95B OSR 2.0, 95B OSR 2.1 and 95C OSR 2.5 displays the wrong version: identifies itself as v2.11 when you:

    1. Press and hold Alt and H or click Help.
    2. Hit Enter (or A) or click About:

      "Microsoft (R) Diagnostics
               Version 2.11      "

    The correct version (2.13) shows up ONLY on the red intro screen when MSD first starts:

    "Microsoft (R) Diagnostics
             Version 2.13    "

    but ONLY IF MSD is run from native MS-DOS mode (when you boot with the "Command prompt only" option from the Windows 9x Start Menu), NOT from a DOS box/session within Windows 9x GUI.
    MSD v2.13 is NOT installed by Windows 9x. But you can find it on your Win9x Setup CD-ROM in the \OTHER\MSD folder.
    If you don't have Windows 95, you can get MSD v2.13 from MS Software Library [176 KB, free].

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WIN98 SE EASTER EGG


To activate the "classic" Win98 Easter Egg on Win98 SE(U) systems, follow these steps exactly:

  1. Open Control Panel.
  2. Open the Regional Settings applet.
  3. Hold down the Ctrl key and left-click once on the African continent near Cairo, Egypt, left of the most inner point of river Nile.
  4. With Ctrl pressed, drag your mouse cursor near Memphis, Tennessee on the Northern American continent, left of half the way between the Great Lakes and Florida.
  5. Keep holding Ctrl but release the mouse button.
  6. Left-click and drag from Memphis, Tennessee to Redmond, Washington.
  7. Release both the Ctrl key and the mouse button.
  8. The "classic" Win98 credits slide show should start if everything was done right. All mouse clicks require accurate precision on the map! Start over if not successful. :(
  9. Have fun. :)

See this screen shot for details.

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