Easter Eggs

Microsoft Windows 3.1x and Windows for Workgroups 3.1x

1. Select About Program Manager... from the Help menu.
2. Hold Ctrl+Shift and double-click on the Windows Logo.
3. Click OK
4. Repeat steps 1 to 3. You will see a waving flag and a dedication.
5. Repeat steps 1 to 3 again. You will now see either a bearded man or a bear presenting the credits.

Microsoft Windows 95

1. Right-click on the desktop, and select Folder from the New menu.
2. Give the folder the following name, type it exactly as shown:

   and now, the moment you've all been waiting for

3. Press Enter. Then, right-click on the folder again, select Rename , and rename it to:

   we proudly present for your viewing pleasure

4. Again, press Enter, right-click on the folder, select Rename, and rename it to:

   The Microsoft Windows 95 Product Team!

5. Open the folder. (Press Enter or double-click on it.)

Microsoft Windows 98

1. Double-click on the clock in the System Tray,
2. Hold Ctrl and drag Memphis (Egypt) to Memphis (USA),
3. Hold Ctrl and drag Memphis (USA) To Redmond WA.

Microsoft Windows NT

1. Right-click on the desktop and select Properties,
2. Click on the Screen Saver tab,
3. Select 3D Text (OpenGL) from the list of screen savers,
4. Click on the Settings button,
5. Type

   I love NT

   and click OK,
6. Click on the Preview button.

not evil

The credits (They had to be somewhere)

volcano

Names of volcanos

rock

Names of rock groups

beer

Names of beer brands

IBM OS/2 Warp version 3.0

I stumbled on this one by accident. It is not nearly as flamboyant (or hard to get at) as Windows95's easter egg, but it is there nonetheless.

1. Take a look in the C:\OS2\BITMAP\ directory, where C: is the drive you installed OS/2 on.
2. Here you should find a file called AAAAA.EXE.
3. Run it.

Netscape Navigator

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0

1. Select About from the Help menu.
2. When the animations in the About Internet Explorer dialog stop, hold down the Ctrl and Shift keys, then drag the Internet Explorer 'e' logo onto the globe.
3. While still holding down the Ctrl and Shift keys, drag the logo from the globe to the right to push the Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 text away.
4. Click on the Unlock button that appears when the IE 4.0 text moves offscreen.
5. The globe will begin to vibrate. Hold down Ctrl and Shift and drag the IE logo onto the globe.
6. You'll zoom in on the globe and a new window will appear, listing the program's development team.

Microsoft Excel 5.0

1. Begin with a new worksheet displaying the standard toolbar,
2. Right-click on the toolbar,
3. Choose Customize,
4. Under Catagories scroll all the way down to Custom,
5. Drag the deck of cards icon to the toolbar,
6. When the Assign Macro box comes up, click OK,
7. Close the Customize box
8. Hold the Ctrl, Alt and Shift, then left-click on the solitaire icon.

Microsoft Excel 95

I wonder if some of the Excel developers were Doom fans?

1. Open Excel 95 with a blank workbook.
2. Scroll down to row 95 and click on the row number to select the whole row.
3. Press Tab to move to column B.
4. Select About from the Help menu.
5. Hold down Ctrl+Alt+Shift and click the Tech Support button.
6. A window labeled "Hall of Tortured Souls" will appear, use the cursor keys to get around.
7. If you get tired of exploring, you're ready to graduate: Go down the stairs and face the wall, then type the letters

   excelkfa

8. The wall will vanish, revealing a winding causeway. It's hard to navigate, but you're rewarded with some pictures.

Microsoft Excel 97

1. Open a new workbook.
2. Press F5 (Goto).
3. Enter

   X97:L97

   and click OK.
4. Press Tab to go to the next cell, then hold down Ctrl+Shift and click the Chart Wizard button.
5. A flight sim! Use the mouse to control your direction. The left and right mouse buttons control your speed. Somewhere in here are some credits, but who cares?
6. When you're done, press Ctrl+Shift+Esc.

Microsoft FrontPage

1. Hold down Shift, do not let go until the ride is over,
2. Choose About from the Help menu,
3. Repeat three times.

Microsoft Word 6.0

1. Open a blank document, and enter

   T3!

   (include the exclamation mark).
2. Select what you've typed. On the toolbar, click the Bold button.
3. Select AutoFormatcfrom the Format menu, and press OK.
4. When you're prompted, click Accept.
5. Finally, select Help, About.
6. Click on the Microsoft Word icon in upper-left corner.

Microsoft Word 97

1. Open a blank document and type in

   zzzz

2. Select Spelling and Grammar... from the Tools menu.
3. Notice what the suggested replacement is?

1. Open a new document,
2. Type

   I'd like to see you naked

3. Highlight the entire sentence you just typed,
4. Select Tools-Language-Thesaurus,
5. And you now have the proper answer to the question.

1. Open a blank document and type in the word

   Blue

2. Double-click the word to select it, then select Font from the Format menu.
3. Select Bold from the Font menu, and change the word's color to Blue.
4. Press OK to quit the Font dialog, then put a space after the word Blue.
5. Select About from the Help menu,
6. Hold Ctrl and Shift, then click on the Word logo in the upper-left corner.
7. Woohoo! Pinball! Use the Z and M keys to control the flippers, and when the boss appears, press Esc to get back to Word.

CorelDraw Version 5 and up

1. Select About CorelDRAW... from the Help menu.
2. Double-click the Corel logo balloon in the upper-left corner of the About dialog.

1. Make the balloon rise by pressing the left mouse button.
2. Click the right mouse button to see parachuting Elvis impersonators.

3Com PalmOS 1.x and 2.x

Credits

1. Launch the Memory app.
2. Tap and hold on the Title bar.
3. Press the Page Down button.

1. Launch the Giraffe game.
2. Tap and hold on the Title bar.
3. Press the Page Down button.

1. Launch the Giraffe game.
2. Tap and hold on the lower right-hand corner of the screen.
3. Press the Page Up button.