3 things which Microsoft can never explain

[SeVeNrOxS]

AMAZING !!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!
Do it practically Then u 'll come to know........ ..

MAGIC #1
An Indian found that nobody can create a FOLDER anywhere on the Computer
which can be named as "CON". This is something funny and inexplicable. At
Microsoft the whole Team, couldn't answer why this happened!
TRY IT NOW, IT WILL NOT CREATE A "CON" FOLDER

MAGIC #2
For those of you using Windows, do the following:
1...) Open an empty notepad file
2.) Type "Bush hid the facts" (without the quotes)
3.) Save it as whatever you want.
4.) Close it, and re-open it.
Noticed the weird bug? No one can explain!

MAGIC #3
Again this is something funny and can't be explained. At Microsoft the
whole Team, including Bill Gates, couldn't answer why this happened!
It was discovered by a Brazilian. Try it out yourself.
Open Microsoft Word and type
=rand (200, 99)
And then press ENTER
And see the magic.

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This is an email from my friend.Many of you may be knowing it , shared for those who didn't know

 

[copernicus]

Second one doesn't do anything. =?

 

[sergiogarcia9]

Second one doesn't do anything. =?

Maybe not in 7, but maybe in vista or xp :sarc:

 

[SeVeNrOxS]

yeah it works in XP

May be MS got one solution

 

[FullyLoadedMan]

can you post a screenshot of the second one for those without XP?

 

[Dinesh]

So what magic the 2nd one does?

 

[dnorris]

AMAZING !!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!
Do it practically Then u 'll come to know........ ..

MAGIC #1
An Indian found that nobody can create a FOLDER anywhere on the Computer
which can be named as "CON". This is something funny and inexplicable. At
Microsoft the whole Team, couldn't answer why this happened!
TRY IT NOW, IT WILL NOT CREATE A "CON" FOLDER

IIRC, CON is short for console, and is a reserved system name.
I'm sure someone at MSFT would know.

edit:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247(VS.85).aspx
"..Do not use the following reserved device names for the name of a file: CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9
..."

 

[mikinho]

MAGIC #1
An Indian found that nobody can create a FOLDER anywhere on the Computer
which can be named as "CON". This is something funny and inexplicable. At
Microsoft the whole Team, couldn't answer why this happened!
TRY IT NOW, IT WILL NOT CREATE A "CON" FOLDER

Thanks for sharing, they are fun but the above one isn't exactly true. CON is a reserved word and I highly doubt Microsoft doesn't know that

All of the following are: CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9.

CON is a keyword for console.

And it isn't exactly true in that you can create a folder named CON by using the full path. Run the below command from your command prompt.

MD [URL="file://\\.\\C:\CON"]\\.\\C:\CON[/URL]

It is a fun hack used by various trojans\hacks similar to using Native API strings in that you can't remove it using "normal" methods but programmatically you can.

 

[mikinho]

Lol, just got 2 PMs on how to remove the folder.

RD [URL="file://\\.\\C:\CON"]\\.\\C:\CON[/URL]

Or if you want to be more appropiate, the proper Unicode path would use a ? instead of the .

RD [URL="file://\\?\\C:\CON"][U][COLOR=#000080]\\?\\C:\CON[/COLOR][/U][/URL]

 

[Antman]

Lol, just got 2 PMs on how to remove the folder.

Classic.

 

[Antman]

=rand (this, FYI)

 

[Antman]

Bushed, or bushed

 

[fseal]

Magic #2 (if it works) is what would be called an "Easter Egg". Look it up on google. You'll probably be surprised at how many pieces of software have them. Frequently they exist without the companies knowledge but are removed when found. Kind of like a programmers version of PC board artwork.

They used to be a LOT more common back when computing was fun, now it's all dire and serious and an easter egg is likely to get you a billion $$ lawsuit so they are becoming more rare...

[Edit] Heh oops, though not in this case I guess

 

[DarkXeno]

Magic #2 (if it works) is what would be called an "Easter Egg". Look it up on google. You'll probably be surprised at how many pieces of software have them. Frequently they exist without the companies knowledge but are removed when found. Kind of like a programmers version of PC board artwork.

They used to be a LOT more common back when computing was fun, now it's all dire and serious and an easter egg is likely to get you a billion $$ lawsuit so they are becoming more rare...

[Edit] Heh oops, though not in this case I guess

I do miss the ever good Easter Egg in software, you will find them in very rare items but mostly old stuff just like fseal said back when computing was fun now its a billion dollar law suit ready field. Thank you people that have no fun in life.

 

[Dwarf]

See Bush Hid The Facts - Notepad Conspiracy Claim for an explanation behind Magic #2.

 

[Dinesh]

See Bush Hid The Facts - Notepad Conspiracy Claim for an explanation behind Magic #2.

Nice find.

 

[Antman]

Nice find.

Thank you.

 

[Dinesh]

You are welcome Antman.