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"Easter Eggs"

Easter eggs are hidden surprises concealed inside of a software program by the programmers.

Easter eggs are sometimes as simple as a list of the names of the programming team that created the application. Other times, they might be elaborate animated three-dimensional displays complete with sound. Why do they exist? It seems the programmers want to leave us with a little more than we bargained for when purchasing the software. Some are easy to detect. Others take patience. Oh, one more thing, you can't hurt your computer playing with Easter eggs, so roll up your sleeves.

Netscape Navigator

Here are a few simple Easter eggs. Some of these will work on all versions of the browser, while others work only with earlier versions. In the address field of Netscape Navigator browser type:

• about:mozilla
• about:cache
• about:global history of images
• about:mailintro
• about:copyright
• about:photo
• about:license
• about:plugins
• about:1994
• about:authors
• about:chouck
• about:document
• about:francais
• about:global
• about:hype
• about:image-check
• about:javalogo
• about:Netscape People
• about:jwz
• about:language
• about:logo
• about:marca
• about:memory_cache
• about:security?banner-mixed
• about:pics
• about:security?banner-payment
• about:rsalogo
• aboutsecurity?banner-insecur

Microsoft Chat version 2.5

1. Type: WhoIsTheGenius?
2. Press Shift and Ctrl and press the Open Favourite button.

Windows 98 Red Square Freak-out

1. Double click My Computer and double click on Dial-up Networking.
2. Enter your password and press Enter.
3. Keep Enter pressed while your modem dials.
4. On the Dial-up icon, notice the little red square between the phone and computer?

Microsoft Word 97 Pinball

1. In MS Word, open a new document.
2. Type "t3!" without quotes, select it and make the letters bold.
3. In the menu bar click on Format and again on Format menu. Click OK.
4. Open Help and click About Microsoft Word.
5. Click on the Word logo.
6. Use the z key to control the left flipper and the m key for the right.
7. Press Esc to exit.

Windows Word 97 Light Show

1. Open a new Word document and type a short sentence.
2. Select (highlight) the text.
3. Click Format in the menu bar and click Font.
4. Click on the Animation tab and select Las Vegas Lights. Click OK.
5. Position the cursor after the text and press Enter.
6. In the menu bar click Format, select Background and click Black.
7. Press and hold down the space bar.

Windows 95, 98, 2000 Volcanos

1. In Windows, press Start, Settings, and click Control Panel.
2. Double click Display and click the Screen Saver tab.
3. In the field under Screen Saver click the arrow and select 3D Text.
4. Click Settings and in the Text field type Volcano.
   The Screen Saver will display the names of various volcanoes as it runs.

Win 98 Development Team

1. Click Start, Settings, and click on Control Panel.
2. Double click on Regional Settings. A world map should appear. If not, click the Regional Settings tab.
3. Hold the Ctrl key down and left click just to the left of the uppermost part of the Nile River in Northeast Africa.
4. With Ctrl and the left mouse button pressed, drag the cursor to Tennessee (halfway between the Great Lakes and Florida,
slightly to the left).
5. Keep Ctrl pressed and release the left mouse button.
6. With Ctrl still pressed, left click the mouse and drag the pointer to Redmond, Washington.
7. Release both control and the mouse button.

If you didn't get it the first time, try again. Everything must be done exactly as outlined.

Adobe PhotoShop 4.0 Graphic & Program Development Team

1. Open PhotoShop.
2. Hold down Crtl, Alt, and Shift.
3. Click Help and click About PhotoShop. See the kitty?

Microsoft FrontPage Development Team Video Sound Show

1. Open FrontPage.
2. Hold down the Shift Key, click Help and About Microsoft FrontPage Explorer.
3. With the Shift Key pressed, repeat step two to three times.

Microsoft Excel 95 Room of Doom

1. Start Excel and open a new worksheet.
2. Go to row 95 and highlight it with your mouse.
3. Press the Tab key to go to column B.
4. In the menu bar click Help and About Microsoft Excel.
5. Press Ctrl, Shift, and Alt, then click the Technical Support button.
6. You are now in the 3D Room of Doom.
7. Type "excelkfa" without quotes and explore.

Microsoft Excel 97 Flying

1. Start Excel and open a new workbook.
2. Press F5.
3. Type X97:L97 and press Enter.
4. Press Tab, Shift and Ctrl.
5. In the toolbar click on the Chart Wizard icon.
6. Fasten seat belts.
7. Use the mouse to navigate. Right click for thrust, left click for reverse thrust.

Microsoft Excel 2000 Spy Catcher

1. Start Excel and open a new worksheet.
2. In the menu bar, click File, Save As, and select Save as Web page.
3. Click Publish and Add Interactivity.
4. Name the file and save it.
5. Open the page in Internet Explorer.
6. Go to row 2000, column WC.
7. Select (highlight) the entire row and press tab to make WC the active column.
8. Press Ctrl, Alt, and Shift.
9. Click the Office icon.
10. Use the arrow keys to drive.
11. Use the 0 key to lay rubber.
12. The spacebar fires your gun.
13. The H key controls your headlights.

Microsoft Money 2000 Money Matrix

1. Open Money 2000 and create a current new Check account named Microsoft.
2. Go to the "Change Account Details" section of the account and type "Money Rocks!" without quotes in the Comment field.
3. Click Done.
4. Click the Accounts icon to return to the main accounts list page.
5. Click on Balance an account, and select your Microsoft account.
6. Crank up the volume.

Outlook Express 4 Developer Team Credits

1. Open Outlook Express and click Compose (New) Message.
2. Click Format and select Rich Text (HTML)
3. Click in the body of the message.
4. Click in the Font field box and type "athena" without quotes.
5. Press Enter.
6. Close the Message Window.
7. Return to the main Outlook Express window.
8. Select (highlight) the OE icon above and to the left of the Inbox.
9. In the new product information window on the right, click between Read Mail and Read News.
10. Type "about" without quotes.
11. Enjoy the show.

Windows 95 Nice Horsey

1. Start Windows 95
2. During the boot process, you'll see a black screen with only a cursor blinking.
3. Before your wallpaper loads, press (without commas) Ctrl, F6, the right shift key, Delete, and right click your mouse.
4. Say hello to Nugget, Bill Gates' horse.

Microsoft Works Hilarious

1. Open a new Works document and type, "I would like to kill Bill Gates" without quotes.
2. Highlight the sentence.
3. In the menu bar, click Tools and Thesaurus.

Microsoft Works version 4.5 New definition

1. Open a new Works document and type "zzzz" without quotes.
2. Highlight the text, Click Format and Spelling.

Microsoft Works 2000 Development Team Credits

1. Open Works, Click Help in the menu bar.
2. Click About Microsoft Works.
3 Click inside the address field and type "Phoenix"

Microsoft PowerPoint 95 & 2000 Development Team Visual

1. Open PowerPoint.
2. Click Help, and About PowerPoint.
3. Click on the PowerPoint logo (double click in the 2000 version).

Microsoft Word 95 Floating Splash Screen

1. Open a new Word document, Click Help and About Microsoft Word.
2. Press Ctrl, Alt, Shift.
3. Click on the line above the buttons.
4. The splash screen will appear.
5. Click OK and the splash screen will stay on top.

Microsoft Word 2000 Turn your mouse pointer into a clover

1. Open Word.
2. Press Ctrl, Alt, and the plus sign (+).
3. If a dialogue box pops up, close it.
4. To return to the normal cursor, click on File, and close the document.

Microsoft Word 97 Interesting Synonyms

1. Open a Word document.
2. After typing each of the following phrases, without the quotes, highlight the text.
3. In the menu bar click, Tools, Language, and Thesaurus.
4. Enjoy the synonyms.

"Where can I find god?" "I want to kill Bill Gates"
"Unable to follow directions" "I'd love to see you naked"
"I want to see you naked" "I love porn"
"I am gay" "Shag Me"
"Eat Me Shorts" "Ice boobs go with what?"
"I'd like to see Bill Gates dead" "Love her and leave her"
"Unable to get a date" "I'd like to bash Bill Gates"

Microsoft Word 97& 2000 Sad face

1. Open a new document.
2. Press Shift, semicolon and 9.

Windows 98 Mystery Tab

1. While holding the Ctrl key, Press Start, click Settings, and Taskbar & Start Menu.
2. Notice the tab titled Deskbar Options? It wasn't there before.
3. Try the same series of commands without the Ctrl key for verification.

Windows 98...or is it?

1. Right click on the desktop.
2. Select New and shortcut.
3. Take a close look at the Microsoft logo.

Windows 2000 Billionaire Convention?

1. Right click on your desktop, click Properties and Backgrounds.
2. Select Clouds, tiled, as the background.
3. Go back to your desktop, right click on My Computer, select Rename and rename the icon "my microsoft" without the quotes. (Don't worry, you can change it back to My Computer in a minute)
4. Don't move the mouse, a video of Bill Gates and company will play.

Software programs aren't the only place you'll find Easter eggs. They're also in hardware devices, such as printers and scanners. You'll find them in video games. They can be found in movies and television shows. And of course, there are plenty to be discovered on the World Wide Web.

Check out these Websites for some interesting hidden goodies.

Dancing Mouse

1. In the address field of your browser, type: http://www.clickey.com
2. In the search field type: "we love clickey" without quotes.

Scene from Monty Python

1. In the address field of your browser, type: http://www.ask.com
2. In the Ask a Question field, type: What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
3. The question will appear again as one of the answers, ask it again.
4. The following question will either ask what kind of swallow, or make reference to Monty Python. Choose whichever one appears.

Haywire!

1. In the address field of your browser, type: http://www.iwin.com/games/treasurehunt/argh.asp (I know, it's a long one, but it's worth the trouble)
2. Press Shift and +, or simply +
3. It appears that your computer has gone haywire, but it's totally simulated.

MTV Message to the unwanted

1. In the address field of your browser, type: http://www.mtv.com/cgi/
This is probably a message to crackers and hackers snooping around the site.

Virtual Perspectives

1. In the address field of your browser, type: http://www.detroitlions.com/tickets/tour.html
2. When the stadium diagram loads, click on several seat sections.
3. For a bird's eye view click centre field.

Double take

1. In the address field of your browser, type: http://www.sevenelements.com/oops.html
2. After reading a less-than-humble message, click on the white mark in the lower right hand corner of the screen to see how they really feel about things.

How Alice Really Got To Wonderland

1. In the address field of your browser, type: http://www.ask.com
2. In the question field, type Drink me.
3. Among the replies, you'll find Drink me? Click this one.

Evil Empire?

1. In the address field of your browser, type: http://www.google.com
2. In the search field type: "more evil than satan himself" without quotes.
3. Click on Google Search.
4. Some wild answers appear.

'Poorest Easter Egg'

1. In the address field of your browser, type: http://www.dogbomb.co.uk
2. At the bottom of the Homepage you'll find the copyright symbol ©.
3. Click on it. You'll come to another page. Scroll to the bottom. Here, you'll find two more copyright symbols. Click on the first, not the one at the absolute bottom. You've been Egged.

Digital Demon

1. In the address field of your browser, type: http://www.dogbomb.co.uk/cgi-bin/index.html

Dogbomb Poetry

1. In the address field of your browser, type: www.dogbomb.co.uk/44884
2. Click on the "0" in 404.
3. This is probably rated PG-13.

Wolfs, Camels

1. In the address field of your browser, type: http://www.eeggs.com
2. In the search field type "wolfs" without quotes for information on the site creators.
3. On the same site, type "funky camel" without the quotes in the search field.

The Team

1. In the address field of your browser, type: www.easywireless.com
2. Click "Visit Our Online Store"
3. Click the "About Us" tab.
4. In this window, click any unoccupied space.
5. Press Shift and the Tilde key (~) for the names of the site developers.

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