Microsoft’s 3 Secrets Discovered and Explained
Posted in Microsoft on November 17th, 2007 by Justin Ng
Secret #1 - CON Folder
An Indian found that nobody can ever create a FOLDER anywhere on the Computer which can be named as “CON”. This is something uncanny and inexplicable ya?
Explanation: The “CON” word is an old MS-DOS reserved word , that is why you can’t create folders with such name. “CON” mean consol. Here is the list of reserved words that you cannot use: CON, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9.
Secret #2 - Bush hid the facts ( notepad )
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?
Explanation: I must say , this one is weird. When you see such unusual bug you tend to think it’s an Easter egg. But it’s not the case, this is a real bug in Notepad. (actually not only in notepad , but also in windows API). The API function that determine if the text is in UNICOD or NOT is weak.
You can even invent your own “bug” sentence if you wish. Your sentence has to be in this format: “xxxx hid the facts” . More information can be found in http://www.hoax-slayer.com/bush-hid-the-facts-notepad.html
Secret #3 - Rand() function in Ms Word
This was discovered by a Brazilian. Try it out yourself now!
Open Microsoft Word and type
=rand (200, 99)
And then press ENTER and see the magic?
Explanation: It is not a bug , it is a built in function for developers to insert random text without the need to type in the whole thing everytime they do their testing. More information can be found on http://word.mvps.org/FAQS/Formatting/DummyText.htm