Windows XP Easter Eggs - Page 2

mfblume · #11 06-16-2007, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

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 · #12 06-16-2007, 11:46 AM

Worked. Neat!

Digging4Truth · #13 06-16-2007, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by mfblume

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 · #14 06-16-2007, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

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 · #15 06-16-2007, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by 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.

I couldn't open mine after I saved it.

Digging4Truth · #16 06-16-2007, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by mfblume

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 · #17 06-16-2007, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by tamor

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 · #18 06-16-2007, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by 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.

This was only 2 links in on Google.

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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.