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 and type in “Hidden test”. You are then able to move the ball with your mouse. You can earn up to as many points as possible. Enjoy!
More of such Easter eggs are hidden in Windows XP and many websites are on the net helping Easter egg searchers with the Easter Egg content.

Outlook Website
In, Outlook, select File > New > Contact. In the Full Name box type “Ren Hoek”. Click Save and Close. Go to the Contacts page and select the new contact. Open Help > About. Hold down the Ctrl > Shift + Alt and click OK. Credits are displays and a link to a hidden Outlook Website!

These 2 files, were probably left in by the Microsoft Programmers as Easter-Eggs for anyone that could find them.

Con Folder
1. In any windows or dos try to make a folder named ‘con’.
2. You will be presented by an error that it already exists, or other error preventing you creating this directory.

“Quotes” in windows XP
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!

Easier way to force win in Solitaire
Here is how to make you instantly win a game of solitaire. Simply press Alt + Shift + 2.

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 Line Switch, in order to find out start the defragmenter and Type defrag c: -b to defragment the Boot and Application Prefetch information.

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)

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 black color desktop!

Stopping Time count during game play
1. Launch Minesweeper and start a game so the timer starts counting, then press the Windows Key + D to show the desktop.
2. Select minesweeper from the taskbar and you’ll notice that the time has stopped.

Solitaire
After starting the game, wait for 30 seconds and then press the combination of ALT + SHIFT +2, this will enable you to win the game, once you win, click on the game with your mouse, you will be asked to deal again, click NO, notice that bonus points will added to your score.

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 to make column WC the active column. Hold down Ctrl + Alt + Shift and click on the Office Icon. Use the arrow keys to drive your car. The “0″ key to drop paint slicks. The space bar to shoot. The “H” key for headlights. Note: You need DirectX for this to work.

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 Customize. Also, select Previous Searches. in search assistant, click on Fine Yourself. in the box that says “Please specify where you would like to be found” type in anything to g to to a star trek space map!

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

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Great XP hidden track:
C:\Windows\system32\oobe\images\title.wma

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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”.
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Windows XP – Candy Cane Pipes

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