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			    AXCEL216's MAX Speeed
		Undocumented Windows 9x/NTx/2000/ME/XP/3.1x,
			  DOS + Related Apps/Games
				 Easter Eggs




ALL these Easter Eggs are also available at:
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/egg.htm

DEFINITION: The computer software Easter Egg is a hidden (secret) code in a
program or operating system, intended to be activated by an undocumented
sequence of keystrokes and/or mouse clicks, usually revealing text, graphics,
animation, developer credits, jokes, pranks etc.

Please send me your comments, corrections, eggs at:
axcel216@aol.com

And here they are, by popular demand...


EGGS.TXT Contents: [New "eggs" added at the TOP]


X-SETUP EASTER EGG - Part 3
X-SETUP EASTER EGG - Part 2
SKIFREE EASTER EGG
MS IE 5/6 EASTER EGG
EXCEL 2000 EASTER EGG - Part 2
EXCEL 2000 EASTER EGG - Part 1
WIN98 EASTER EGG - Part 4
JAVASCRIPT BROWSER RESIZER EASTER EGG
OSR2/NT/2000/ME/XP OPENGL EASTER EGG
MSD EASTER EGGS
WIN98 SE EASTER EGG
X-SETUP 4.0/5.0 EASTER EGG - Part 1
HOTDOG PROFESSIONAL 5.5 EASTER EGG
WORD 2000 EASTER EGG
NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR/COMMUNICATOR EASTER EGGS - Part DEUX
NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR/COMMUNICATOR EASTER EGG - Part 1
ANOTHER MS IE EASTER EGG
OUTLOOK EXPRESS EASTER EGG
WIN98 EASTER EGG - Part 3
FRONT PAGE EASTER EGG
MS OFFICE 95 EASTER EGG
WIN98 EASTER EGG - Part DEUX
PLUS! 98 EASTER EGG
WORD 97 EASTER EGG
WIN98 "MEMPHIS" EASTER EGG
EXCEL 97 EASTER EGG
WIN95 HOOPS GAME EASTER EGG
SOLITAIRE EASTER EGG
MINESWEEPER EASTER EGGS + CHEATS
HEARTS EASTER EGG
POWERPOINT 95/97 EASTER EGG
3D TEXT EASTER EGGS
FREECELL EASTER EGGS + CHEATS
WORD VIEWER EASTER EGG
IE 4.0X EASTER EGG
WIN95 EASTER EGG FOLDER
WIN95 EASTER EGG - Part DEUX
WIN95 EASTER EGG - Part 1


Easter Eggs on the Internet:
- LockerGnome: MS IE 5.0x Easter Eggs x 3:
http://www.lockergnome.com/issues/daily/19990323.html
- The Easter Egg Archive:
http://www.eeggs.com/
- The Easter Egg Page:
http://www.htsoft.com/easter/
- Egg Heaven 2000:
http://www.eggheaven2000.com/
- Eggs Central:
http://www.eggscentral.com/
- C|Net: Easter Egg Hunt:
http://www.cnet.com/software/0-8888-8-5465378-1.html
- ActiveWindows: Easter Eggs:
http://www.activewin.com/tips/eeggs/
- WinPlanet: Easter Eggs in Windows Applications:
http://www.winplanet.com/winplanet/tutorials/749/1/
- PC World: Steve Bass' Secrets In Your Software:
http://www.pcworld.com/features/article/0,aid,74984,00.asp
- SoftwareTipsandTricks: Easter Eggs:
http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com/eastereggs/
- Noel's Easter Eggs:
http://www.noeld.com/eeggs.htm
- Windows RG Flash Demo:
http://www.deanliou.com/winrg/
______________________________________________________________________________



X-SETUP EASTER EGG - Part 3



This works with all Xteq X-Setup 6.2x and future releases (freeware for
personal use):
http://www.xteq.com/products/xset/
the BEST and most comprehensive Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 system power
tweaker and Registry "hacker" ever created.
To activate the egg: run X-Setup either from the Start Menu -> Programs ->
Xteq Systems -> X-Setup, or from the Control Panel Xteq X-Setup icon -> click
Help -> click About -> right-click on the blue vertical bar at the left with
the Xteq logo at the top stating "Do More Faster" at the bottom, while holding
down the Ctrl key -> voila!
The About dialog box will start a frantic "dancing" rhythm around your screen,
and the credits window will fill up at the same time with the "All Your Base
Are Belong To Us!" message scrolling down.
You can "freeze" the movement temporarily by clicking and holding down your
left mouse button inside the credits window.
The only way you can stop the "show" is to left-click the Close button, or hit
Alt + F4 simultaneously. :)



X-SETUP EASTER EGG - Part 2



This works with all Xteq X-Setup 5.xx/6.1x releases (freeware for personal
use):
http://www.xteq.com/products/xset/
the BEST and most comprehensive Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 system power
tweaker and Registry "hacker" ever created.
Run X-Setup either from the Start Menu -> Programs -> Xteq Systems -> X-Setup,
or from the Control Panel Xteq X-Setup icon -> click Help -> click About.
The blue box in the lower right corner displays scrolling text with the names
of the Xteq Systems team members and other credits.
But if you double-click on the blue vertical bar at the left with the Xteq
logo at the top stating "Do More Faster" at the bottom, this will change to a
small flying helicopter scrolling from left to right in the animation window,
while your default web browser will open at the Xteq Systems home page:
http://www.xteq.com/



SKIFREE EASTER EGG



Courtesy of Harry.

"The old Windows 16-bit SkiFree game (Ski.exe) from the original Microsoft
Entertainment Pack, which used to be bundled with some OEM/VAR MS Windows/WfWG
3.1x computers [way back :)], has an Easter Egg:
1. Play the game: ski down the hill.
2. Go past the Finish line and keep on skiing.
4. At some point, an ugly gray monster will jump out onto the hill and will
eat the skier [you :)]. After that the monster starts jumping up and down,
rubbing his belly. This also happens if you ski left, right, or even up the
hill. The monster will disappear when you click your mouse on the game screen,
and you will be automatically "teleported" back to the Start line, where you
can begin a new game.
Maybe the monster appears after a certain amount of time has passed since the
race started. When you ski uphill this happens sooner. :)"



MS IE 5/6 EASTER EGG



Suggested by Dave (dave68@telusplanet.net).

The Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5/5.5 SP1/5.5 SP2/6.0/6.0 SP1 Easter Eggs
are located on the MS IE web site:
- MS IE 6.xx page:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/about/about60/
- MS IE 5.xx page:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/about/
Therefore you must be connected to the internet for this to work:
1. Open an Internet Explorer window.
2. Click on Help -> About (Internet Explorer) to display the popup dialog box.
4. Left-click your mouse on the Acknowledgements link at the bottom.
5. Ta-dah! You'll be directed to the MS IE "Thank You" web page, and then a
new browser popup window will open "showing off" a Macromedia Flash animation:
- MS IE 6.xx page:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/about/about60/about.htm
- MS IE 5.xx page:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/about/credits.htm
with the:
- MS IE 6.xx new Windows XP "style" blue logo, filled with the scrolling lists
of MS IE developer team names in alphabetical order.
- MS IE 5.xx "classic" logo inside a blue thick bordered box, followed by the
credits screen listing the MS IE developer team names in alphabetical order.

NOTES:
- These Eggs use a combination of JavaScript 1.1, Java Applets, ActiveX and
Macromedia Shockwave Flash. Therefore you need to have the MS IE Shockwave
Flash plug-in installed, and ActiveX, JavaScript + Java enabled in your
browser for this to work.
- These Eggs work ONLY with MS IE 5.xx/6.xx and newer for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP. ANY other older IE browsers will be redirected to the MS IE
startup page:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/
but can be also viewed [with the credits screens improperly displayed, because
Netscape/Mozilla browsers do not support ActiveX :(] using Netscape
Navigator/Communicator/Mozilla 3.0x/4.xx/6.xx/7.xx or newer.



EXCEL 2000 EASTER EGG - Part 2



This works ONLY with Microsoft Excel 2000 for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP.
Follow these steps to play the racing game:
1. Run Excel 2000.
2. Select "Save as Web Page" from the File menu.
3. Select "Save: Selection: Sheet".
4. Check the "Publish Sheet" and "Add interactivity" boxes and click Save.
5. Exit Excel 2000.
6. Load the saved HTML page in Microsoft Internet Explorer 4/5/6 web browser.
7. Scroll down to row 2000, column WC.
8. Select row 2000 (highlight the entire line) and then press Tab until WC is
selected again.
9. Hold down Shift + Ctrl + Alt and left-click once the MS Office logo in the
upper left corner of the Excel 2000 logo.
Ta-dah! Watch the street painted with Excel 2000 team credits fly by, in this
Microsoft's clone of Spy Hunter driving game!
Use the Up/Down Arrow keys to accelerate/decelerate, Right/Left Arrow keys to
steer the car, Space to fire the machine guns, O (the letter "ou") to drop Oil
slicks, H to turn on the Headlights in the dark and Esc to exit the game.

NOTES:
- This egg works ONLY WITHOUT ANY MS Office 2000 Service Packs installed: SP-1
or SP-2!
- You MUST have MS Office 2000 Web Components installed for this egg to work!
- You MUST have MS DirectX APIs 7/8/9 installed to start the game with ALL
developers names displayed:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/downloads/



EXCEL 2000 EASTER EGG - Part 1



Uncovered courtesy of Beth (eaherman@att.net). This Easter Egg works with
Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP.

1. "Run Excel and Open a New spreadsheet.
2. Press F5 to access the Go to function.
3. Type X2000:L2000 in the Reference box and click OK.
4. Press Tab. You should now be at cell M2000.
5. Hold down Ctrl + Shift at the same time and left-click your mouse on the
Chart Wizard.
6. Hit Esc to exit.
Voila... the Excel 2000 Credits!"



WIN98 EASTER EGG - Part 4



Sent courtesy of Piotr (polpio@polbox.com).

"When copying file xxx.HTM (in the timedemo!) to eg. %windir%\temp, open the
file as text, and search for this line:
<PARAM NAME="FileName" VALUE="welcome.wav">
Add the full path to the WAV file, eg:
<PARAM NAME="FileName" VALUE="C:\Windows\Aplication Data\Microsoft\Welcome\welcom98.wav">
Save the file (preserve its name!) in %windir%\Aplication Data.
Now (double)-click on it in Windows Explorer. The "Team 98" Easter Egg is
fully accessed!"



JAVASCRIPT BROWSER RESIZER EASTER EGG



To enable the undocumented Netscape Navigator/Communicator 4.xx/6.xx and
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0x/5.xx/6.xx JavaScript 1.1 browser window
resizer, open your favorite Internet browser, and type one of these strings
EXACTLY as they appear here (case sensitive), in the Address/Location URL
box (screen width/height measured in pixels):

javascript:resizeTo(640,480);
javascript:resizeTo(800,600);
javascript:resizeTo(1024,768);
javascript:resizeTo(1152,874);
javascript:resizeTo(1200,1024);
javascript:resizeTo(1600,1200);
javascript:resizeTo(1792,1344);
javascript:resizeTo(1800,1400);
javascript:resizeTo(1972,1600);

Then just hit Enter to see the effect.
Of course, you can only use the screen resolutions supported by both your
video controller AND monitor. :)

NOTE: This does NOT work with ANY of these browser releases older than 4.00,
because those do NOT support JavaScript 1.1 standard.



OSR2/NT/2000/ME/XP OPENGL EASTER EGG



This Windows 95B/95C OSR2.x, 98, 98 SE, ME, NT 3.5x/4.0, 2000 + XP Easter Egg
is hidden into the 3D Pipes (OpenGL) Screen Saver, bundled with all these
Operating Systems.
The file SSPIPES.SCR is located in %windir%\System (Win9x/ME) or in
%systemroot%\System32 (WinNT/2000/XP).
To activate the Egg, follow these steps EXACTLY:
1. Right-click on an empty spot on your Desktop.
2. Select Properties.
2. Select the Screen Saver tab.
3. Select "3D Pipes (OpenGL)" from the Screen Saver list.
4. Click the Settings button.
5. Select Multiple for Pipes.
6. Select Traditional for Pipe Style.
7. Select Mixed for Joint Type.
8. Select Solid for Surface Style.
9. Click OK.
Start/Preview the screen saver: some of the joints are now "teapot" shaped.

UPDATE:
"Select Textured for Surface Style, but do NOT click Choose Texture (all other
steps are identical), to get a candy cane effect on the pipes."
[Thank you Bear (bearsfangs@rockford.com)!]



MSD EASTER EGGS



MicroSoft Diagnostics (MSD.EXE) utility for DOS "shows off" 2 Easter Eggs:

A. MSD v2.00 bundled with MS Windows 3.10 (located in your Windows directory),
and probably other earlier releases, pops up a "funny" message when you:
1. Press and hold Alt and H or click Help.
2. Hit Enter (or A) or click About.
3. Punch F1:

"No Help Available.
(so leave me alone)"

Microsoft removed this "joke" from all newer MSD releases beginning with
v2.01, included with MS Windows 3.11 and MS-DOS 6.00.

B. MSD v2.13 bundled with MS Windows 95 retail, 95a OSR1, 95B OSR 2.0, 95B OSR
2.1 and 95C OSR 2.5 displays the wrong version: identifies itself as v2.11
when you:
1. Press and hold Alt and H or click Help.
2. Hit Enter (or A) or click About:

"Microsoft (R) Diagnostics
	Version 2.11"

The correct version (2.13) shows up ONLY on the red intro screen when MSD
first starts:

"Microsoft (R) Diagnostics
	Version 2.13"

but ONLY IF MSD is run from native MS-DOS mode (when you boot with the
"Command prompt only" option from the Windows 95/98 Start Menu), NOT from a
DOS box/session within Windows GUI.
MSD.EXE is NOT installed by Windows 9x on your hard drive. :( But you can find
it on your Win95/98 Setup CD-ROM in the \OTHER\MSD folder.
If you don't have Windows 95 you can get MSD v2.13 from Microsoft [176 KB,
free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win95upg/tool_n/1.0/W95/EN-US/msdzip.exe

FYI: See MSD9X.TXT (included) for more MSD details.



WIN98 SE EASTER EGG



To activate the "classic" Win98 Easter Egg on Win98 SE(U) systems, follow
these steps exactly:
1. Open Control Panel.
2. Open the Regional Settings applet.
3. Hold down the Ctrl key and left-click once on the African continent near
Cairo, Egypt, left of the most inner point of river Nile.
4. With Ctrl pressed, drag your mouse cursor near Memphis, Tennessee on the
Northern American continent, left of half the way between the Great Lakes and
Florida.
5. Keep holding Ctrl but release the mouse button.
6. Left-click and drag from Memphis, Tennessee to Redmond, Washington.
7. Release both the Ctrl key and the mouse button.
8. The "classic" Win98 credits slide show should start if everything was done
right. All mouse clicks require accurate precision on the map! Start over if
not successful. :(
9. Have fun. :)

See this screen shot for details:
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/egg98.gif

NOTES:
- You NEED to have kept Welcome.exe (or reinstall it using Control Panel's
Add/Remove Programs applet) and all its files/libraries for this Easter Egg to
work!
- To activate this Easter Egg on Win98 (retail) see "WIN98 "MEMPHIS" EASTER
EGG" in EGGS.TXT (this file).



X-SETUP 4.0/5.0 EASTER EGG



Enjoy this "hot" egg, sent by The Captain.

"To see the Xteq X-Setup 4.0/5.0 Easter Egg press F3 to bring up an
undocumented menu. The OK button doesn't work, so just click the X in the
upper right corner to close it. :)
The F3 menu has been removed from newer versions of X-Setup. :("

FYI: Xteq X-Setup for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP is THE best power user system
tweaking tool on the planet (freeware for personal use):
http://www.xteq.com/products/xset/
Tweaks over 1200 hidden GUI, System, Boot, Security, Network, Internet, DOS,
MS IE, MS OE etc... settings for MAXimum performance.
[TweakUI on steroids! :)] And did I mention it's also free? ;)



HOTDOG PROFESSIONAL 5.5 EASTER EGG



This cool Egg appears courtesy of Robert (pensoft@yahoo.com).

"Take for granted, just about every program has an Easter Egg hidden
somewhere. HotDog Professional 5.5 just so happens to be one of them. The HTML
tag "PIRATE" gives access to the Egg. Go to the "HTML Tags" listing, and bring
up the Properties for the "PIRATE" tag. That is only the 1st part of this
Easter Egg.
The 2nd part lies in the HTML Help within the "HTML Property Sheet". Go to:
HotDog5_Install_Directory\HTMLHelp\pirate.html
to activate the 2nd half.
NOTE: HotDog Professional:
http://www.sausage.com/
is an excellent 32-bit HTML editing tool [shareware, 30 days free trial] for
Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP."



WORD 2000 EASTER EGG



This "fresh" Microsoft Word 2000 "hatch" was brought to light thanks to The
Captain.

1. "Create a new document.
2. Click Help -> About.
3. Hold down CTRL + ALT + SHIFT.
4. Click the bottom line.
5. It will display the splash screen normally shown when Word 2000 is first
opened."



NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR/COMMUNICATOR EASTER EGGS - Part DEUX



Some of these Easter Eggs apply ONLY to Netscape Navigator/Communicator v3.0x
and/or v4.xx web browsers.
1. Things you can do with the built-in "about:" command [command name is case
insensitive, but ALL characters after the colon (:) MUST be typed in lower
case]:
- about: = Netscape and built-in components + supported standards version info
- about:authors = Netscape developers list [Netscape 1.0x ONLY]
- about:cache = disk cache info [Netscape 2.0x and above ONLY]
- about:document = current web page info
- about:global = global history entries list [Netscape 2.0x and above ONLY]
- about:globalhistory = global history entries list [Netscape 2.0x and above
ONLY]
- about:image-cache = memory cached images info
- about:license = license agreement text
- about:logo = Netscape Navigator logo
- about:namelogo = Netscape and built-in component/supported standard logo.
Substitute name (followed by logo without commas or spaces) with one of the
following: fc, hs, inso, java, mc, mm, ncc, odi, qt, rsa, sym, td, visi
- about:memory-cache = memory cache info
- about:mozilla = see "NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR/COMMUNICATOR EASTER EGG - Part 1"
below
- about:name = Netscape developer home page. Substitute name (without commas
or spaces) with one of the following: ari, atotic, blythe, chouck, dmose, dp,
ebina, hagan, jeff, jg, jsw, jwz, karlton, kipp, marca, mlm, montulli, mtoy,
paquin, robm, sharoni, terry, timm
- about:plugins = installed plug-ins info
- about:url = url information. Substitute url (without commas or spaces) with
a valid internet address or IP number. Url prefix (http://, ftp://, news://
etc) required.
2. The following Netscape 3.0x/4.xx built-in commands that can be typed in the
URL Location box REQUIRE to have Java(TM) and JavaScript(TM) ENABLED [command
name is case insensitive, but ALL characters after the colon (:) MUST be typed
in lower case]:
- Javascript: = JavaScript interpreter input form
- Javascript:eval(x+y) = simple math calculator. Substitute x and y with
positive integer or fractional (x.y) decimal (real) numbers. Multiple digits
are accepted. Substitute + (add) with the - (subtract), * (multiply) or /
(divide) symbols to perform one of the 4 basic arithmetical operations.
NOTE: The JavaScript calculator works also with ALL Microsoft Internet
Explorer releases.
- Livescript: = LiveScript interpreter input form
- Mocha: = Mocha interpreter input form.
3. More "about:" Netscape Easter Eggs:
http://home.cern.ch/rigaut/about.html
4. Netscape built-in "hot key combos":
- Ctrl + Alt + F = The Amazing Fish Cam
- Ctrl + Alt + S = toggle bottom status bar on/off
- Ctrl + Alt + T = active connection(s), socket(s) and URL(s) info.
5. View ALL Netscape browsers 3/4 for MS Windows command line parameters:
http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/deploymt/options.htm
6. Visit Mozilla related web sites:
- Mozilla Museum:
http://www.snafu.de/~tilman/mozilla/
- Mozilla is Back!:
http://www.toastytech.com/good/
- Netscape/Mozilla 6/7 Tips:
http://www.holgermetzger.de/net6e.html



NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR/COMMUNICATOR EASTER EGG - Part 1



This is the most well known Netscape Easter Egg. Works with ALL Navigator and
Communicator browser releases (ANY platform):
1. Open a Netscape browser window.
2. Type this command in the URL Location box [command name is case
insensitive, but ALL characters after the colon (:) MUST be typed in lower
case]:
about:mozilla
3. Press Enter.
4. This white text on a dark red screen will pop up:
"And the beast shall come forth surrounded by a roiling cloud of vengeance.
The house of the unbelievers shall be razed and they shall be scorched to
the earth. Their tags shall blink until the end of days.
from The Book of Mozilla, 12:10"
No MS IE "blinking tags" allowed here... :)



ANOTHER MS IE EASTER EGG



Another Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0x/5.xx/6.xx Easter Egg:
1. Open an Internet Explorer window.
2. Type this command in the URL Address box [command name is case insensitive,
but ALL characters after the colon (:) MUST be typed in lower case]:
about:mozilla
3. Click the Go button (ONLY IF you have MS IE 5.xx/6.xx) or press Enter.
4. An empty blue screen will pop up.
No Netscape "beast" allowed here... :)



OUTLOOK EXPRESS EASTER EGG



Kindly sent in by Ari (ari.lintula@dlc.fi).

1. "Click the Compose Message toolbar button.
2. Select Format -> Rich Text (HTML) from the menu.
3. Click on the body of the message. Select the font box and type "athena"
(without quotation marks).
4. Press Enter.
5. Close the Compose Message window.
6. Go back to the main Outlook Express window.
7. Select the Outlook Express icon above Inbox, on the left hand side.
8. Click on an empty space between, for example, Read Mail and Read News.
9. Type about to launch the Easter Egg."



WIN98 EASTER EGG - Part 3



This is an easier way of getting the Win98 Easter Egg on your Desktop:
1.  Right-click on an empty spot on your Desktop.
2.  Select New -> Shortcut.
3.  Browse to the folder C:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Welcome.
4.  Double-click on Weldata.exe to select it as your shortcut's command line.
5.  Click Finish to save your shortcut.
6.  Right-click on your newly created shortcut and select Properties.
7.  Click the Shortcut tab, and add this string (EXACTLY as shown here):
You_are_a_real_rascal
after typing a space at the end of Weldata.exe, in the Target area.
8.  In the Run area, select Minimized.
9.  Click OK/Apply to save your changes.
10. (Double)-click your new shortcut to enjoy the show!



FRONTPAGE EASTER EGG



This Easter Egg can be activated using any 32-bit release of Microsoft
FrontPage or FrontPage Express. Just follow the steps below:
1. Start the FrontPage Explorer.
2. Hold down the Shift key.
3. Click Help and then click About.
4. Click OK.
5. Keep holding down the Shift key, click again on Help and click About for
the second time.
6. Click OK.
7. Keep holding down the Shift key, click again on Help and click About for
the third time.
Now you should see the credits screen and hear a song playing.



MS OFFICE 95 EASTER EGG



The MS Office 95 Easter Egg can be activated from any Office application:
Access, Word, PowerPoint or Excel. Word (Winword.exe) was used here to
demonstrate the necessary steps:
1. Start the Word Answer Wizard.
2. In the Answer Wizard screen, type these words:
Computer smile
3. Select "How Do I... Make my computer smile".
4. Look at the answer, and then press Ctrl + Shift + Right Arrow to see a
"Cast of Characters" (bitmaps) of the 49 people who created Winword Help.

NOTE: You need to activate the Windows HELP Topic Keys in order for this HELP
based Easter Egg to work properly (i.e. Ctrl + Shift + Right Arrow combo).
See "HELP!" in TIPS95.TXT (included) for details.



WIN98 EASTER EGG - Part DEUX



This cool Win98 Easter Egg tip add-on appears courtesy of The Captain.
Thanks a lot Cap'!

"When you run the Win98 Easter Egg, a temporary HTML file is placed in the
same folder as Weldata.exe: C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\WELCOME.
If you open this folder before running the Easter Egg, and then run the
Easter Egg, the HTML file will be visible for a short time. Now rapidly
copy this file to another folder (since it will be deleted very soon). Then
go back and place WELCOME.WAV in the same folder as the HTML file. This way
you can run the Easter Egg HTML file anytime."

NOTE: You NEED to have kept Welcome.exe (or reinstall it using Control Panel's
Add/Remove Programs applet) and all its files/libraries for this Easter Egg to
work!



PLUS! 98 EASTER EGG



This Microsoft Plus! Pack add-on for Windows 98 Egg was sent in by The
Captain.

"You must have Deluxe CD Player installed. Open it.
Go to the Edit Playlist dialog for any song.
Type in "Microsoft Plus! 98 Product Team" for the artist (no quotes).
Type in Credits for the title.
Hold down the CTRL key and click Cancel.
You will see a new root level item in the tree view of the album database
called "Microsoft Plus! 98 Product Team". Expand it to see the team names."



WORD 97 EASTER EGG



Sent in courtesy of The Captain (CptSiskoX@hotmail.com).

"Run MS Word 97:
1. Open a New document.
2. Type Blue.
3. Select Word.
4. Go to Format, then Font.
5. Choose Font Style: Bold, Color: Blue.
6. Type a space after the word Blue.
7. Go to Help, then About Microsoft Word.
8. Ctrl + Shift + left-click on the Word icon.
9. Use Z for left flipper, M for right flipper, and Escape to exit.
Note that you MUST have installed MS Office 97 Service Release 2 (SR2):
http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/
to activate this Easter Egg!"



WIN98 "MEMPHIS" EASTER EGG



The Windows 98 Easter Egg has been "unleashed" by The Captain.

"To do this, follow these steps exactly: left-click and drag from CAIRO, EGYPT
to MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, and then to REDMOND, WASHINGTON, without releasing the
mouse button.
This is done on the time zone map when you open the Date/Time applet from
Control Panel.
There is a "Thank you" to all Win98 beta testers at the end.
See this picture for details:"
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/egg98.gif

NOTES:
- You NEED to have kept Welcome.exe (or reinstall it using Control Panel's
Add/Remove Programs applet) and all its files/libraries for this Easter Egg to
work!
- To activate this Easter Egg on Win98 SE (U) see "WIN98 SE EASTER EGG" in
EGGS.TXT (this file).



EXCEL 97 EASTER EGG



Appears courtesy of David (dacon@unixg.ubc.ca), and works ONLY with Microsoft
Excel 97.

1. "Run Excel 97 and open a new spreadsheet.
2. Press F5 (goto command function).
3. Type X97:L97 in the reference box. Click OK.
4. Then press Tab. (You should now be at cell M97).
5. Hold Ctrl + Shift down while left-clicking the Chart Wizard icon on the
toolbar.
Hey a flying game! Find the Monolith with the programmers messages.
Move the mouse to manoeuvre, the right button to accelerate and the left
button to decelerate. Exit by hitting Escape."



WIN95 HOOPS GAME EASTER EGG



This Egg works ONLY with the original (retail) release of Windows 95, WITHOUT
MS Internet Explorer 3/4/5/6 installed!
1. Left-click the Start button.
2. Left-click Help.
3. Select the Index tab.
4. In the text box, type "hoops please" (no quotes).
5. Press Enter or click OK.
6. Press and hold simultaneusly Ctrl + Alt + Del.
7. Click the Yes/OK button or press Enter to shut down Windows 95.
8. Sit back and enjoy the hoops game!



SOLITAIRE EASTER EGG



This Egg works with all Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/3.xx releases of Solitaire
(%windir%\Sol.exe).
1. Run Sol.exe.
2. Click Game -> Options -> Draw 3 (cards).
3. Click Game -> Deal.
4. Hold down Shift + Ctrl + Alt together and left-click once on the card deck
to draw only 1 card at a time (instead of 3).
5. (Double)-click the close/exit button or hit simultaneously Alt + F4 to
exit Solitaire.



MINESWEEPER EASTER EGGS + CHEATS



This Egg works with the MineSweeper (%windir%\Winmine.exe) releases bundled
with Windows/WfWG 3.1x and NT4/2000/XP/2003. It does NOT work with Windows
95/98/ME.
NOTE: You MUST disable ALL animated cursors FIRST by replacing them with
static cursors!

1. First close or minimize all other running programs.
2. Run Winmine.exe.
3. Type (case insensitive):
xyzzy
and then hold down the Shift key.
4. Release and then hold down Shift again, or left-click once on the happy
yellow face.
Now whenever your mouse cursor is over one of the mines, you'll see a tiny
little pixel at the end of your mouse cursor (or a black dot in the upper
left hand corner of your screen). The pixel disappears (or the dot becomes
white) if your mouse is not over a mine spot.
UPDATES:
* "Typing xyzzy allows also for 10x10 grids with 81 mines, and you can cheat
by clicking on boxes with an 8 below them. Your friends will not see you
cheat, even if you tell them you are doing so. :)"
[Thank you David (talkingtoes@msn.com)!]
* "In Windows XP the pixel in the upper left corner of the screen is white
when you are NOT over a mine and is normal when you are."
[Thank you J.Z. (jz4208@hotmail.com)!]

MORE MINESWEEPER CHEATS:
* "This Egg works with the MineSweeper releases bundled with Windows/WfWG 3.1x
and 95/98/NT4/2000. It does NOT work with Windows XP/2003.
Start a game. Left-click on any square without a mine. Then hold BOTH right
AND left mouse buttons the same time and press the Esc key. Now release BOTH
mouse buttons AND the Esc key. This will stop the Timer and gives you an
unlimited amount of time to finish the game at your own leasure. ;)
If you minimize the game after "freezing" the Timer, you need to do this all
over again after restoring it. :("
[Thank you Ari (ari.lintula@dlc.fi)!]
* "All MineSweeper settings are stored in:
- WINMINE.INI (plain text file located in the main Windows directory) in
Windows 95/98/ME/3.1x.
- ENTPACK.INI (plain text file located in the main Windows folder) in Windows
NT4.
- This Registry key in Windows 2000/XP/2003 [as displayed in the Registry
Editor (Regedit.exe)]:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Winmine
All these Registry changes apply ONLY to the current user. Any other user who
logs on MUST do this all over again."
[Thank you Emmanuel (erpmanila3w@hotmail.com)!]
First make sure to close the game.
Edit WINMINE.INI (or ENTPACK.INI) using Notepad, or fire up Regedit and go to
the "Winmine" key (see above) to add your name (and any other name you wish)
to the MineSweeper list of players without playing. Add/change these lines:
NameN=xxxxxxxx
TimeN=xxx
Where:
N = any number between 1 and 10 (player number as shown on the list).
xxxxxxxx = any group of 8 valid ASCII characters (all letters and numbers
qualify = case insensitive).
xxx = any number between 0 and 999 [the time you needed to finish the game =
smaller the better :)].
To become unbeatable add/change these 2 lines (replace "MyName" with your real
name):
Time3=0
Name3=MyName
and then change WINMINE.INI (or ENTPACK.INI) file attributes to read-only and
hidden [:)]:
ATTRIB %windir%\WINMINE.INI +R +H



HEARTS EASTER EGG



This Egg works with all Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/3.xx releases of Microsoft
Hearts (%windir%\Mshearts.exe).
1. Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP users: run Regedit.exe (Windows Registry Editor,
located in your main Windows folder) and go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Hearts
In the right hand pane: create a new String value, name it ZB (case
insensitive) and give it a Data value of 42. Close Regedit when done.
2. Windows/WfWG 3.xx users [Thank you Roger (keskonrix@yknet.yk.ca)!]: open
your WIN.INI file (located in your main Windows directory) in Notepad, scroll
down to the [HEARTS] section (or create it if not present), and add this new
line underneath it (case insensitive):
ZB=42
Save your file and exit Notepad.
3. Now run Mshearts.exe, play at least one hand, and then during gameplay
press Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F12 at the same time to activate the cheat. :)
4. Have fun!



POWERPOINT 95/97 EASTER EGG



Many thanks Antonio (antoniogiordano@hotmail.com) for this cool Easter Egg:

"For those who have Powerpoint 95 or 97, when you go to Help then About
Microsoft Powerpoint, click on the Powerpoint logo and a little fireworks
display will appear with a list of programmers. I don't know if this works
with previous Powerpoint versions."



3D TEXT EASTER EGGS



These Windows 95B/95C OSR2.x, NT 3.5x/4.0, 98/98 SE + ME Easter Eggs are
hidden into the 3D Text (OpenGL) Screen Saver, bundled with all these
Operating Systems. The file SSTEXT3D.SCR is located in %windir%\System
(usually C:\Windows\System) on Win9x/ME systems and in %systemroot%\System32
(usually C:\Winnt\System32) on WinNT systems.
To activate them, follow these steps EXACTLY:
1. Right-click on an empty spot on your Desktop.
2. Select Properties.
2. Select the Screen Saver tab.
3. Select "3D Text (OpenGL)" from the Screen Saver list.
4. Click the Settings button.
5. In the Display area check the Text box.
6. In the Text box type the following words (case insensitive), depending on
the MS OS you are using:
A. Windows 95B/95C OSR 2.0 - 2.5, 98/98 SE + ME: Type "volcano" (no quotes)
and select OK.
Click the Preview button. The screen saver text will cycle through a list of
famous United States volcanoes.
B. Windows NT 4.0: Type "not evil" (no quotes) and click OK. Select the
Preview button. The screen saver text will cycle through a list of WinNT 4.0
programmers.
C. Windows NT 3.5x:
I. Type "I love NT" (no quotes) and click OK. Select the Preview button. The
screen saver text will say "good?" and cycle through a list of WinNT 3.5x
programmers.
II. Type "beer" (no quotes) and click OK. Select the Preview button. The
screen saver text will cycle through a list of famous beer brands.
III. Type "rock" (no quotes) and click OK. Select the Preview button. The
screen saver text will cycle through a list of famous rock bands.



FREECELL EASTER EGGS + CHEATS



This Egg works with all FreeCell (%windir%\Freecell.exe) releases bundled
with Win32s 32-bit Add-on Extensions for Windows/WfWG 3.1x, with Windows
95/98/ME and NT/2000/XP.

NOTE: MS Windows/WfWG 3.1x users need to install Microsoft Win32s 32-bit
Extensions v1.30c Add-on [2.4 MB, free]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/PW1118.EXE
for this Egg to work, because Freecell.exe is a Win32 (32-bit) application,
and it is included ONLY with MS Win32s.

Run the Freecell shortcut/icon from:
- Windows/WfWG 3.1x: Program Manager -> Win32s Applications -> Games ->
Freecell, or open File Manager and search for FREECELL.EXE usually located in
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WIN32S;
- Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP: Start button -> Programs -> Accessories -> Games
-> Freecell, or open the Run box -> type FREECELL -> click OK or hit Enter.
Now follow these steps EXACTLY to activate the Egg while playing a Freecell
game:
1. Hold down Ctrl + Shift + F10 together.
2. A dialog box shows up with 4 choices: Abort, Win, Retry or Cancel.
3. Click Abort and move (drag) any card to the top to win the game.

MORE FREECELL CHEATS:
1. Courtesy of Ari (ari.lintula@dlc.fi):
"Start a game. If you have moved a wrong card, quickly press F10 before
clicking another card. It's the Undo button."
2. To sort all cards by color and in:
- ascending order: click Game -> click Select Game (hit F3) -> click Yes to
cancel game in progress -> type -1 -> click OK.
- descending order: click Game -> click Select Game (hit F3) -> click Yes to
cancel game in progress -> type -2 -> click OK.
3. Courtesy of Nathan (deadelous@yahoo.com):
"If you realize you can't possibly win anymore, just hit Ctrl + Alt + Del
simultaneously and select End Task to close Freecell.
Ignore the dialog asking to exit Freecell and wait for Windows to tell you
this program isn't responding, or try to close it again without adressing the
dialog box. Voila! You have successfully ended the game without recording a
loss."



WORD VIEWER EASTER EGG



This Egg works with all Microsoft Word Viewer 97/2000 releases for Windows
9x/NT/2000/ME/XP:
http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/wd97vwr32.aspx
MS Office + MS Word users do NOT need to install MS Word Viewer!
Courtesy of Antonio (antoniogiordano@hotmail.com).

"Run MS Word Viewer (WORDVIEW.EXE = located by default in C:\Program
Files\WordView) -> go to Help -> click About Word Viewer -> hold down SHIFT +
CTRL + ALT at the next screen -> click on the glasses: a new screen with the
Word Viewer programmers will pop up."



IE 4.0X EASTER EGG



The MS IE 4.0x Easter Egg was kindly sent in by The Captain.

"There is a new Easter Egg in all final release versions of Microsoft Internet
Explorer 4.0x. To find it, open the MS IE4 browser and choose "About Internet
Explorer" from the help menu. The "About" dialog box appears. Hold down the
Ctrl key and click the IE logo in the upper right corner of the dialog box.
With the Ctrl key down, you can drag it around the dialog box.
Then move the IE logo over the globe and then to the right, so that it hits
the "Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0" text. If you do this correctly, the text
will move off the right side of the dialog, revealing a button named "Unlock".
Drop the logo that you have been dragging around and click the "Unlock"
button.
The globe will start a shaking motion. Pick up the logo again (Ctrl-click) and
drag it onto the globe. A new dialog box opens and a scrolling list of credits
appears. Enjoy!"

UPDATE:
Other cool ways to activate the IE4 Easter Egg:
A. Turn off the graphics in the Advanced options, then click Help -> About.
B. Type this in IE4's address bar:
JavaScript:window.name="TheWCEE";
Press Enter. Then type this:
res://shdocvw.dll/wcee.htm
Press Enter again. JavaScript needs to be enabled for this to work, but the
IE4 Easter Egg uses JavaScript anyway.
Then if you have a Win95 keyboard, press the Menu key and then V (view source)
to display the HTML code.
Note that this Egg keeps track of mouse clicks, so you can't right-click to
pop up the menu.



WIN95 EASTER EGG FOLDER



To get the Windows 95 hidden Easter Egg on your Desktop, create a new folder
with this EXACT name (cut & paste the line below):
The Microsoft Windows 95 Product Team!.{869DADA0-42A0-1069-A2E7-08002B30309D}

UPDATES:
1. Thank you suffia@pl.jaring.my for the necessary corrections to make the
Win95 Easter Eggs work properly on ALL Windows 95 retail and 95a OSR1 systems.
2. "This Win95 Egg might NOT work on some Win95 systems with Microsoft
Internet Explorer 4/5 with the Active Desktop enabled, or/and if you use
Win95B/95C OSR 2.x!"
This update courtesy of Jason (jbrunett@tcbi.com).
3. "The bonus sound and scrolling authors Easter Egg can be done in one step
on any Win95 version regardless of desktop components. I have ActiveX Desktop
and Internet Explorer 4.01 installed and it loads up fine. Can even go full
screen with it. You can also create this folder on the Desktop."
This update courtesy of Bill "DrDeath" (Bil@connection.com).
4. "This Win95 Egg does NOT work in Windows 98. Calling the folder "...
Windows 98 ..." doesn't help.
In non-US versions of Windows 95 (at least in the German version) you must
first rename the folder to "New Folder", and then to "and now, ...".
This Win95 Egg will leave its sound track in the file Clouds.mid in the
\Windows\Media subdirectory. I suppose this is a sound resource of
Explorer.exe, Shell32.dll or whatever, which can be extracted directly, but I
couldn't find out how."
This update courtesy of Christoph (langec@gmx.de).

NOTE: You NEED to have kept Welcome.exe (or reinstall it using Control Panel's
Add/Remove Programs applet) and all its files/libraries for this Easter Egg to
work with ALL Windows 95/OSR2 releases!



WIN95 EASTER EGG - Part DEUX



Another interesting Win95 Easter Egg procedure. Follow these steps EXACTLY:
1.  Press F1 (the main Help screen opens).
2.  Click Search from the button bar.
3.  Click the Find tab (the Help Wizard will open).
4.  Click Options in the Find dialog box.
5.  Select "All the words you typed in any order" from the top bordered
menu.
6.  Select "begin with the characters you type" OR "contain the characters
    you type" from the second bordered menu from the top.
7.  Click OK (to return to the main dialog box).
8.  In the top box (at the cursor), enter EXACTLY these words:
Who knows who built this tool?
9.  Hold down Shift-Ctrl and click the Clear button.
10. Click Options again.
11. In the top bordered menu select "At least one of the words you type".
12. Click OK (to return to the main dialog box).
13. In the top box (at the cursor), enter EXACTLY these words:
The Shadow knows!
14. Hold down Shift-Ctrl and click the Clear button.
If you followed these instructions EXACTLY, you should now see the scrolling
animation of the names of the Microsoft staff who contributed to the making
of Windows 95.

NOTE: You NEED to have kept Welcome.exe (or reinstall it using Control Panel's
Add/Remove Programs applet) and all its files/libraries for this Easter Egg to
work with ALL Windows 95/OSR2 releases!



WIN95 EASTER EGG - Part 1



To see the undocumented Windows 95 Easter Egg, create a new folder on the
Desktop and name it EXACTLY like this:
and now, the moment you've all been waiting for
Then rename it to:
we proudly present for your viewing pleasure
Rename this folder again to:
The Microsoft Windows 95 Product Team!
Double-click the new folder and enjoy the show!

UPDATES:
1. Thank you suffia@pl.jaring.my for the necessary corrections to make the
Win95 Easter Eggs work properly on ALL Windows 95 retail and 95a OSR1 systems.
2. "This Win95 Egg might NOT work on some Win95 systems with Microsoft
Internet Explorer 4/5 with the Active Desktop enabled, or/and if you use
Win95B/95C OSR 2.x!"
This update courtesy of Jason (jbrunett@tcbi.com).
3. "The bonus sound and scrolling authors Easter Egg can be done in one step
on any Win95 version regardless of desktop components. I have ActiveX Desktop
and Internet Explorer 4.01 installed and it loads up fine. Can even go full
screen with it. You can also create this folder on the Desktop."
This update courtesy of Bill "DrDeath" (Bil@connection.com).
4. "This Win95 Egg does NOT work in Windows 98. Calling the folder "...
Windows 98 ..." doesn't help.
In non-US versions of Windows 95 (at least in the German version) you must
first rename the folder to "New Folder", and then to "and now, ...".
This Win95 Egg will leave its sound track in the file Clouds.mid in the
\Windows\Media subdirectory. I suppose this is a sound resource of
Explorer.exe, Shell32.dll or whatever, which can be extracted directly, but I
couldn't find out how."
This update courtesy of Christoph (langec@gmx.de).

NOTE: You NEED to have kept Welcome.exe (or reinstall it using Control Panel's
Add/Remove Programs applet) and all its files/libraries for this Easter Egg to
work with ALL Windows 95/OSR2 releases!