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I haven't used Windows in years. Does anyone know if these http://ishmeet.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/3-wicked-microsoft-bugs http://ishmeet.wordpress.com/2007/09
by pookleblinky 17y ago
I haven't used Windows in years.
Does anyone know if these http://ishmeet.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/3-wicked-microsoft-bugs http://ishmeet.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/3-wicked-microsoft-b... still exist?
The =rand(200, 99) one looks interesting.
- brunov 17y agoLast two look more like easter eggs than bugs.
- pookleblinky 17y agoThe Bush one is in fact a bug, described pretty well here: http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2006/07/11/662342.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2006/07/11/662342.aspx The second? No clue.
- eli 17y agoIt's not even a bug, really. The behavior works as intended, it just may not be what the user expects.
- sounddust 17y agoYou still can't name a file or folder "con" (even in Win7) because it's a reserved word used for keyboard input on the command line. When Windows 9x was popular, you could bluescreen any machine on a local network by trying to access the share \\machinename\con\con, which was great if you lived in a dorm :)
- CUViper 17y agoYou can do it with Cygwin though, and Explorer will still have trouble dealing with it after it's been created. You can also create files with a trailing period or leading/trailing space, which usually isn't allowed.
- mrduncan 17y agoI just verified that the =rand(200,99) one does still exist (in Word 2008 on Mac anyway). As brunov said, this looks more like an easter egg than a bug though.
- rlm 17y agoI wouldn't call it an easter egg. It's primary use is for layouts when you need some filler text.
- run4yourlives 17y agoThe Bush one still works.
- sid0 17y agoIt's fixed in Vista's Notepad, btw.
- epe 17y ago"Inverted commas"? Really?