Back with a bang after a long time!!
This time round, I'll be speaking to you about easter eggs.
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WHAT ARE THEY?
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Easter eggs are the undocumented code built into softwares,
that when invoked can give usually credits and sometimes entertaining results.Did you
know that MS EXCEL has built in games??
I would like to *give* you some interesting easter eggs.
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* If you have the 3D Text screensaver installed,
edit its settings by doing the following:
1. Right-click the Desktop and
click Properties to open the Display Properties.
2. Switch to the Screen Saver tab,
select the 3D Text Screensaver and click Settings.
3. Type Volcano and the screensaver
cycles through a list of known volcanoes.
* Meet the Windows 98 Team!
1. Right-click an empty space on your Desktop.
2. Select New > Shortcut from the context menu.
3. In the Command line field, type the following line,
exactly as it appears:
'C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\WELCOME\WELDATA.EXE' You_are_a_real_rascal
4. Click Next and then Finish.
5. Edit the Properties for this shortcut.
6. Change the Run field to Minimised. Also,
make sure that the Start in field shows
'C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\WELCOME'.
7. Double-click the shortcut and enjoy the Easter Egg.
* Check out the team behind Word 2000.
1. Press the [F1] key or click the Office
Assistant button.
2. Under the 'What would you like to do?', type 'Cast'.
3. Click Search.
4. Select the 'Microsoft Office 2000 user assistance staff' topic.
5. Click the graphic in the Microsoft Word Help screen.
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Hope you enjoyed doing this.
You can find more interesting easter eggs at
http://www.eeggs.com
You can always write back about other *EGGS*
Vaishak Suresh
vaishaksuresh@despammed.com
http://www.geocities.com/vaishaksuresh
(
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