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From: "Paul Hollinghurst" <>
Subject: (OT)Easter Eggs
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 10:34:03 -0400

Hello,

Off Topic but interesting. I briefly showed this topic to the D-OGS
Computer SIG on Easter Saturday morning. There are less Easter Eggs in
software today as software companies have asked their writers to be more
professional but they can still be found. Here is a selection of Easter
Eggs that you may find in programs on your computer.



www.eeggs.com THE web site with THE collection of Easter Eggs.

"The term "Easter Egg", as we use it here, means any amusing tidbit that
creators hid in their creations. They could be in computer software, movies,
music, art, books, or even your watch. There are hundreds of them, and they
can be quite entertaining, if you know where to look."



Imaging (Start - Programs - Accessories - Imaging)

Bring up the application's about box.
Type alt-i to view the "this application brought to you by" screen



Word 2000
1. Open Microsoft Word2000
2. Press F1 or click the "Office Assistant" button

3. Under the "What would you like to do?", type "Cast" (No quotes)

4. Click SEARCH

5. Click the MICROSOFT OFFICE 2000 USER ASSISTANCE STAFF topic

6. Click the graphic in the Microsoft Word Help screen to see a list of the
software writers.



Word 2000 (May also work in other versions)

1. Open a new document in Word
2. Type =rand(x) in which x is a number from 1 - 200
3. Press "ENTER" and you will see the sentence "The quick brown fox jumps
over the lazy dog." repeated five times per paragraph in x number of
paragraphs.

A simple programming language, a one word basic command, that can fill a
page with dummy type. Type in 200 for x and 14 pages are produced in a
split second.



Windows ME (and others)

1. Go to Display Properties (under Control Panel)
2. Click on 'Screen Saver' tab

3. Select the '3D Text (Open GL)' Screensaver.

3. Hit the 'Settings' Button.

4. Change the text to 'volcano'.

You will have a screen saver listing different volcano names from the
Northwest of the United States, where Microsoft is located.



Windows ME (and others)

1. right click on desktop

2. click properties

3. click screen saver tab

4. choose 3D pipes

5. click settings

6. choose multiple pipes

7. choose traditional with mixed joints

8. resolution to max

9. solid texture

10. click OK and then preview

11. watch screen saver and every so often, the joint will be a teapot, with
spout, handle and top. Cool!



Windows ME (and others?) Open WordPad. Open Windows/System/hid.dll Scroll
down and read "I hate Jello"


AVG AntiVirus program.
Open AVG. Click on Help and select Program Info. Click on Contact tab. Hold
down Ctrl and Alt and double click on icon. Credits tab appears. Click on
Credits tab to see scrolling credits.



www.eeggs.com Type wolfs in the upper right search box to see the owners
of the site.

Type funky camel in the upper right search box to see a funky camel.




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