 Windows Xp Hidden Easter Eggs(hidden Secrets)? |
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 Feb 19 2007, 04:35 PM
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is this a windows XP easter egg?  go to run type "telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl" without the quotes("")after you do that you see star wars movie played out in ASCII art... its pretty cool! ---- Load up notepad. Type "bush hid the facts" (or any other 4-3-3-5 letter word combo) save the document, any name works. Close it. Open it again. what you open isn't what you typed. ---- In any folder, try to create a folder called 'con' or 'Con'. It won't work. Windows just un-renames the file or puts up an error saying it already exists. ----- go to run and type "oobe" without quote marks ("") and you hear some cool music you never installed in the computer! and its not one of the sample songs that comes with windows media player do you have any others to share? Moderator Edit: Moved topic to more appropriate forum. ~ Animal This post has been edited by Animal: Feb 19 2007, 04:47 PM |
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Feb 19 2007, 04:49 PM
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also i found a few more on the net...
go to: C:\WINDOWS and find a file called Clock, its opened with windows media player and its a really really simple animation you didnt download! |
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Feb 19 2007, 05:05 PM
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 Bleepin' Animin Group: Site Admin Posts: 5,428 Joined: 18-August 05 From: Now On... Member No.: 31,547 |
QUOTE(tiverty @ Feb 19 2007, 01:35 PM)  is this a windows XP easter egg? go to run type "telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl" without the quotes("")after you do that you see star wars movie played out in ASCII art... its pretty cool! This one is not an "easter egg". What is happening is, you are utilizing a telnet session to view the creation of Simon Jansen. It can also be a java app, but in this case you are using telnet. Take a look here, for more of his work. Be (May the ASCII Force be with you) Safe Da Bleepin AniMod, Animal -------------------- The Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life. Andrew Brown  "On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key." — Scott Adams. |
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Feb 19 2007, 06:18 PM
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 aut viam inveniam aut faciam Group: Members Posts: 3,510 Joined: 14-November 06 From: Ossendrecht/The Netherlands Member No.: 95,557 |
 thanks for sharing Animal 
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Feb 20 2007, 01:10 PM
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 Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 155 Joined: 9-December 06 From: Somewhere East of Where You Are (think about it) Member No.: 100,323 |
"Bush hid the facts" isn't an easter egg either. It's a good-ol' fashioned glitch.
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/bush-hid-the-facts-notepad.html This explains it. It also works for stuff like "Bill fed the goats" and "hhhh hhh hhh hhhhh". ___ The "Com" folder is for programming too. You can't name a folder CON, AUX, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, PRN, NUL, and a few others. They're simply port locations and Windows would get confused. --------------------  |
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Feb 21 2007, 12:51 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 73 Joined: 2-January 07 Member No.: 104,185 |
what about this one tho?
QUOTE In any folder, try to create a folder called 'con' or 'Con'. It won't work. Windows just un-renames the file or puts up an error saying it already exists.
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Feb 21 2007, 01:36 PM
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 Forum Addict Group: HJT Team Posts: 2,354 Joined: 13-September 04 From: SE Wisconsin, US Member No.: 2,698 |
It's a windows reserved filename.
CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9 are all reserved filenames and you can't use them to create a file or folder. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247.aspx -------------------- Derfram
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Feb 21 2007, 04:04 PM
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"oobe' just opens up a folder in the Windows directory for me.
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Feb 22 2007, 04:39 AM
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Howdy, Clock is an .avi file stored in the \WINDOWS\system32\ or the \WINDOWS\ folder (once again caught in linux land with an XP thread) and can be called by the command line because it is in system environment path much the same way as notepad.exe and telnet.exe. Same deal with oobe for me arcman, it too (the folder) is in the same path.Try userinit.exe and you will see how many malware apps can make a call to launch explorer although this action is usually hidden (HWND). Malware writers have all the good eggs i think.......
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Feb 23 2007, 09:42 AM
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 Bleepin' Night Watchman Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,762 Joined: 5-December 05 From: The City of Saint Francis, by the western sea Member No.: 43,307 |
oobe opens the folder for me as well.
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Feb 23 2007, 04:18 PM
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oobe is the way you can register windows, like if your installing it from a demo disk or something. Its the msoobe.exe
I think the music might be the 'title.wma' aka 'windows welcome music'. Its there in my distribution on windows xp home sp2 anyway. Not sure if its for all winxp's. And I think this music is connected to registering windows in some way. There are also some preinstalled music that you can find with the windows media player search. Like the 'Highway blues' and 'symphony no. 9'. This post has been edited by nforce: Feb 23 2007, 04:21 PM |
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Feb 24 2007, 07:29 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 465 Joined: 1-April 06 From: NYC Member No.: 62,166 |
So really, all the party poopers pointed out that Windows doesn't have eggs, just glitches, reserved names of ports, and access to some really really bored guy's files. Am I correct?
Fun Fact: OOBE stands for (in Windows terms) Out Of Box Experience, similar to Out Of Body Experience, as Amazing Andrew said. This post has been edited by TheYoda: Feb 24 2007, 07:31 PM --------------------  "A coward dies a thousand times before his death. The valiant never taste of death but once." -William Shakespeare Fold for your future...Help us find a cure. |
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Feb 25 2007, 12:40 AM
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Bleepin' Night Watchman Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,762 Joined: 5-December 05 From: The City of Saint Francis, by the western sea Member No.: 43,307 |
the "Title.wma" music is the music you hear after installing Windows and are setting up your network and user names. Provided Windows already installed drivers for your sound card.
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Feb 28 2007, 05:52 PM
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 Computer Masochist Group: Moderator Posts: 7,175 Joined: 27-January 07 From: Cleveland, Ohio Member No.: 108,618 |
Did you know Spybot S&D has a hidden one?
eeggs.com Mark -------------------- Mark
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Mar 24 2007, 04:18 PM
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An easter egg that I've heard of is in Minesweeper.(the standard windows game)
first reset your score. Then you have to beat each difficulty level. After you beat each one instead of putting in your name for a high score type in "WRAPFIELD" instead. (no quotes) After completing this right -click the reset button (the little smiley face) This should give you an advanced minesweeper mode where the mine proximity readings near the edge continue from the opposite side of the map as well. |
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