Windows XP Easter Eggs

[Digging4Truth]

Load up notepad.
Type "bush hid the facts" (without the quotes)
save the document, any name works.
Close it.
Open it again.
what you open isn't what you typed.

[Digging4Truth]

Candy Cane Pipes
Egg Body
OK Here Goes.
1.Go to Display Properties
2.Click the Screen saver tab then Click 3D Pipes 3.Click Settings
4.Click Textured
5.Click Choose Texture
6.Click Cancel.
7.Click OK on the Screen Saver Setup
Now The Pipes
should be Candy Cane Colored!

[mfblume]

Load up notepad.
Type "bush hid the facts" (without the quotes)
save the document, any name works.
Close it.
Open it again.
what you open isn't what you typed.

What I opened was the same!

[Digging4Truth]

I Care
First go to Marquee screensaver and write "who cares" (without " ).
After about a month it will change to "I Do.

[Digging4Truth]

What I opened was the same!

Are you using Windows XP

And did you close it?

Mine opened up and it just the square boxes like you see on Wingdings.

[Digging4Truth]

Not really an easter egg... just an old media player

Hidden Media Program
1. Open My Computer
2. Select the "C" drive (without the quotes)
3. Select Windows. (without quotes)
4. Select system32.
5. Open View menu.
6. Under "Arrange Icons By" Click Show In Groups.
7. Find the letter M.
8. Find a media player.
9. Listen to your favorite music.
(Optional) Drag it to your desktop.

the file will be something like mplay.exe or mplay32.exe... something like that.

[mfblume]

Are you using Windows XP

And did you close it?

Mine opened up and it just the square boxes like you see on Wingdings.

Yes, I have xp and closed it. Nothing changed.

[Digging4Truth]

Beethoven's Scherzo
You will find Beethoven's Scherzo it is very relaxing!!
1)Click start
2)Click on "My Computer"
3)Select "Tools-Folder Options" on the top menu tool bar
4)In Folder Options select "view"
5)In the "Advanced Settings" box check "show hidden files and folders"
6)Scroll down and uncheck "Hide protected operating system files (recommended)" you should activate a warning click OK
7)Click "Apply"
8)Select "Folders" on the top menu
9)Click the (c:) drive
10)Click "WINDOWS"
11)Click "system32"
12)Click "oobe"
13)Click "images"
14)Now in images locate and select "clickerx" this should pull up iTunes and start playing Scherzo by Beethoven
If you have iTunes "clickerx" should show up as a .WAV i do not know what it will show up as without it.

[Digging4Truth]

Yes, I have xp and closed it. Nothing changed.

Hmmmm... well it changed it for me...

As long as you used notepad... typed everything correctly and didn't use quotes then you must have the non-easter egg version. :)

[Digging4Truth]

Force Win in Solitaire
Here is how to make you instantly win a game of solitaire. Simply press Alt + Shift + 2.
You win!

Well... you don't actually win... but the cards falling thingy starts up that you get when you do win.

[mfblume]

Hmmmm... well it changed it for me...

As long as you used notepad... typed everything correctly and didn't use quotes then you must have the non-easter egg version. :)

I thought you said wordpad.

[mfblume]

Worked. Neat!

[Digging4Truth]

Worked. Neat!

Pretty cool.

I have had this computer for a few months now but I just thought this morning to look up the easter eggs in it.

[mfblume]

Hidden Media Program
1. Open My Computer
2. Select the "C" drive (without the quotes)
3. Select Windows. (without quotes)
4. Select system32.
5. Open View menu.
6. Click Show In Groups.
7. Find the letter M.
8. Find a media player.
9. Listen to your favorite music.
(Optional) Drag it to your desktop.


I got stuckk at point 5. What is the instruction?

[tamor]

Load up notepad.
Type "bush hid the facts" (without the quotes)
save the document, any name works.
Close it.
Open it again.
what you open isn't what you typed.

I couldn't open mine after I saved it.

[Digging4Truth]

I got stuckk at point 5. What is the instruction?

Up at the top (File Edit View etc)

Click View
Arrange Icons By
Show In Groups

the program name is mplay.exe... mplay32.exe or something like that.

[Digging4Truth]

I couldn't open mine after I saved it.

The bad news: They will be knocking on your door in 17 minutes and 42 seconds.

The good news: Kiefer Sutherland will be there. :)

If you don't watch 24.... then nevermind the good news... there is no good news. :)

[BoredOutOfMyMind]

Load up notepad.
Type "bush hid the facts" (without the quotes)
save the document, any name works.
Close it.
Open it again.
what you open isn't what you typed.

This was only 2 links in on Google.

Fact. if you:

1. Load Notepad in Windows (in my case XP Pro)

2. Type "bush hid the facts" (all in lowercase, no quotes)

3. Save this file under a name of your choice

4. Re-open the file

you will not see the text that you typed, but instead you will see a bunch of squares (or, as I later found out, some Chinese characters - that is, if you have the Chinese fonts installed, which is not my case).

Most people think it's a Windows Notepad easter egg (I thought so myself, to be honest), but in fact, it isn't. It's just a lousy Notepad bug. Let me explain...
I was myself curious about the cause of this phenomenon, and I found out that this text is not the only one to cause problems. There are other strings that cause Notepad to screw up, including "this app can break", which was another version of the bug that generated a lot of buzz. I've personally tested a series of strings that have the same effect, including "this api can break", "this cat can split", "jane can not dance", "text wit hou tcaps" and even "abcd efg hij klmno" and "xxxx xxx xxx xxxxx". What do these phrases have in common? They are made up by four words made up by four, three, three and five letters, all lowercase. So, by induction, all "4-3-3-5" strings should work.

[HeavenlyOne]

What I opened was the same!

Not for me it wasn't. I got a bunch of eggs!

[Digging4Truth]

This was only 2 links in on Google.

I wasn't suggesting a conspiracy theory.

But... thanks for the research.

These are all just copied & pasted from a site that lists them

[tamor]

The bad news: They will be knocking on your door in 17 minutes and 42 seconds.

The good news: Kiefer Sutherland will be there. :)

If you don't watch 24.... then nevermind the good news... there is no good news. :)


I don't watch it, but hubby does loves it.

[tamor]

Pretty cool.

I have had this computer for a few months now but I just thought this morning to look up the easter eggs in it.


So what are easter eggs?

[Digging4Truth]

So what are easter eggs?

Each of these instructions I have listed... each one is, according to various websites, XP easter eggs....ie hidden keys, programs etc.

The easter eggs used to be more substantial. I remember one time they had one where a program opened where you could use your mouse to fly over a mars type landscape.

But more will probably surface over time.

[Digging4Truth]

Not for me it wasn't. I got a bunch of eggs!

LOL... Yeah... a buncha eggs would be a good description.

[Digging4Truth]

I haven't tried all of these... just listing them.

Ok, there is a secret file in Windows XP called "quotes". In order to get there you must be somewhat familiar with how to use Windows, simply open up My Computer (explorer) and double click on your main drive (probably C:) next navigate to: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\etc This is where the quotes file is. Open the file named quotes in your favorite text editor (notepad, MS Word) then look at the quotes put there by the MS developers!

[mfblume]

I haven't tried all of these... just listing them.

Ok, there is a secret file in Windows XP called "quotes". In order to get there you must be somewhat familiar with how to use Windows, simply open up My Computer (explorer) and double click on your main drive (probably C:) next navigate to: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\etc This is where the quotes file is. Open the file named quotes in your favorite text editor (notepad, MS Word) then look at the quotes put there by the MS developers!

This one is not in my C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\etc directory. Arrghh

[Digging4Truth]

This one is not in my C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\etc directory. Arrghh

Just checked... mine either...

It's a dud.

[BoredOutOfMyMind]

Just checked... mine either...

It's a dud.

It may have been a developer file in the Beta version. Win98 Chicago Project had such files.

They are not in the RC or the SP versions.

[truthseeker3139]

Are you using Windows XP

And did you close it?

Mine opened up and it just the square boxes like you see on Wingdings.

Yep, I got the squares too!:)

[Ronzo]

Load up notepad.
Type "bush hid the facts" (without the quotes)
save the document, any name works.
Close it.
Open it again.
what you open isn't what you typed.
Doesn't work on Vista. It's the same.