1. Easter Eggs in Microsoft
Products
Can you spot them all?

2. Microsoft Bear
Windows 3.1 & 95
1. Hold Ctrl-Alt-Shift
2. Go to the Help menu
of Program Manager >
About Program
Manager
3. Double Click the
Windows logo > OK
4. Repeat several
times. You should
eventually get the bear

3. Microsoft Bunny
• Windows 95
Type ILOVEBUNNY32=1 under the [WINDOWS]
section of WIN.INI

4. WordPerfect Monster
• Word for Windows
2
Tools > Macro
Name macro “Spiff” >
Edit.
Clear the page >
close.
Help > About > click
on Word logo

5. Random Quotes
• If you do your best, whatever
• Office 4.3 / 96 / 97 happens will be for the best.
• Things that go away by themselves
View the Help file. can come back by themselves.
• Plaid shirts and striped pants rarely
make a positive fashion statement.
• You should never dive into murky
waters.
• It's never too late to learn to play
the piano.
• You can hurt yourself if you run
with scissors.
• You should never look directly at
the sun.
• This is the last tip.

6. The Hall of Tortured Souls
• Excel 95
1. Open Excel 95
2. Go down to the 95th
row
3. Select the whole row
4. Tab over to column B
5. Go to Help > About
6. Hold down Ctrl-Alt-
Shift and click on the tech
support button
7. A window appears
called "Hall of Tortured
souls"

7. Word Pinball
• Word 97
Type the word "Blue"
Format > Font, change to
bold and change colour to
blue >OK
Add a space after the
word Blue
Help > About Microsoft
Word
Hold down Ctrl + Shift
and click the Word icon

8. Magic 8 Ball
• Access 97
Create a blank database
Macros > New
Press space
Close the dialog box
Click Yes
Save as "Magic Eight
Ball"
View > Toolbars >
Customize and check
macro design
Drag the macro to the
second toolbar

9. Dev Hunter
• Excel 2000
File > Save as web page
Selection:Sheet > Add
interactivity > Save
Open the file
Scroll to WC2000 and
click on 2000
Hold ctrl+shift+alt and
then click on the
Microsoft logo

10. Utah Teapot
• Windows 95
3D Pipes Screensaver
settings: Pipes
needed to be multiple
and standard style,
joint type must be
multiple and texture
solid

11. Minesweeper Cheat
• Windows 2000 &
XP
At the start of a game
type xyzzy and press
Enter

12. Anti-piracy Gallery
• On the Vista CD are
faces of the anti-
piracy team

13. Blue Screen of Death
• Internet Explorer 5
In the address bar
type about:mozilla

14. Hover
• Windows 95
On the installation CD

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March
2013