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This is a fantastic feature : 1. Open Windows XP and go to Start, then run. 2. Type in or copy "telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl" without the quotes. 3. Sit back and watch the ASCII movie :) This will play Star Wars , DOS version  in the window =============== Great XP hidden track: C:\Windows\system32\oobe\images\title.wma ============== Windows XP Speech 1. Go to control panel 2. Open up the "speech" properties 3. In the preview box, type "Crotch" 4. Press "preview voice" Instead of saying "crotch", the voice will say "Crow's nest". =============== Windows XP - Candy Cane Pipes 1.Go to ... Read more..

Notepad:1. Launch Notepad, Type .LOG on the first line, and then press Enter to move to the next line. 2. On the File menu, click Save As, give any name as you like and save the file and close it. 3. Open the file again, youll notice that that the date and time have been appended to the end of the log. Paint:(10x Zoom) Open an image and select the magnifying glass icon. Left-Click exactly on the line below the 8x. Defragmenter: Theres a Hidden Command ... Read more..

Pinball Easter Eggs 1. Type 1max at the start of a new ball to get extra balls. 2. Type gmax at the start of a new game to activate the Gravity Well. 3. Type rmax at the start of a new game to go up in ranks. 4. Type bmax at the start of a new ball. This will give you unlimited balls. Once this is activated you will be unable to activate other secrets without restarting the game. Second Easter Egg Open Pin Ball ... Read more..

Minesweeper Easter Eggs How to reveal Mines in the game: 1. First Minimize or close all running applications. 2. Start the Minesweeper game from the start menu. 3. Type ‘xyzzy’ and hold down the shift key for one second. 4. Now move the cursor over a Minesweeper square you will notice a tiny white pixel in the top left corner of your desktop screen. This pixel will change to black when your mouse moves over a mine. Make sure you dont have a white or ... Read more..

See your self! Open IE 5.5 Click on Help > About. Hold down Ctrl + Shift + Alt and click on acknowledgements. Star Trek Space map! Open up IE and click Tools > Internet Options > General > Languages. Click on the Add Button. Type "ie-ee" (no quotes) and click OK. More "User Defined [ie-ee]" to the top of the list. Exit back to where you can browse in IE again. Click on Search toolbar button and click ... Read more..

Volcano! Right click on the desktop and click on Properties. On the Screensaver tab, select the 3D Text screensaver and open its properties. In the text box, type "volcano". Read more..

Easter Egg Click Help > about PowerPoint. Hold down Ctrl + Alt + Shift. Triple click the background line sin the text box. zOOm Click help > About > Microsoft PowerPoint. Click the PowerPoint Logo. (double click in 2000). Use the arrow keys to speed up/down or zoom in/out.(95) Read more..

Catch it! In the "Find a contact" box on the toolbar, type "Ren Hoek" and press Enter. Select Tools > Macro > Macros. In the Macro Name box, type "OL2KRocks" and click the Create button. The "About Microsoft Outlook: dialog appears. Hole down Ctrl + Alt + Shift and click OK. The Outlook 2000 teams credits appear. Try to catch the names as they fly across to the mailbox. Outlook Website In, Outlook, select File > New ... Read more..

Credits Launch Excel and press F5. Type: x2000:|2000 and press Enter. Hold Ctrl + Shift. Click the Chart Wizard and enjoy the credits. Game! Open Excel and on the blank worksheet, click File > Save As and choose Save as web page. Click on Publish and Add interactivity and save the file with any name you like. Load the page with Internet Explorer and go to row 2000 Column WC. Highlight all of row 2000 and press Tab ... Read more..

"0" Blank File, and Clock AVI File For Windows XP, If you look in your "My Computer\C:\WINDOWS\" In this folder, after all other folders, you find a text file named "0". If you open it, nothing will be in there, hence the filename "0". Another thing would be a file called "Clock". It's an AVI file. It can open it in Windows Media Player. It's a very simple and plain animation. These 2 files, were probably left in ... Read more..