Easter Eggs in windows XP

Submitted by ifti_sit
on November 8, 2005 - 8:00am

Hey Guys ! have anyone of u found any easter eggs in Windows XP..Some websited still claims that WinXP contains easter eggs..lets find out !
please dont mention those avi and 0.log files

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this works on all versions of

Anonymous (not verified)
on
November 11, 2005 - 4:02pm

this works on all versions of xp try to make a folder named 'con' on your desktop

you can 'con' your system buddy

Anonymous (not verified)
on
November 14, 2005 - 5:00am

Its simple dude
I did made a folder name 'con' in my sytem

>command
>mkdir\\:\d:\con

???

>ren\\:\d:\con noc
>rem\\:\d:\noc

boast......

"on your desktop" Toaster

Anonymous (not verified)
on
November 30, 2005 - 8:37am

"on your desktop"

Toaster!!

So what, md "\\c:\Documents

Anonymous (not verified)
on
November 20, 2007 - 3:24pm

So what,

md "\\c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\CON"

hm!

How can u mention that again..

on
April 3, 2006 - 3:31pm

hey guys..plz post some new ideas..these are very old..every website gives this example ..but infact it is not an easter egg at all..
try guys try.....

Are you nuts? "CON" is short

Anonymous (not verified)
on
December 20, 2005 - 12:06pm

Are you nuts? "CON" is short for "CONsole". You can't create a folder named con because it is a DEVICE NAME! Same to com1 or com2 which are the names reserved for serial ports. RTFM Dos Manual.

I can't beleive so many websites still consider that to be an egg.

Here is one more ESPECIALLY FOR YOU:

1. create a file called egg.txt in the root of your C: drive. Type "Microsoft SUXX" without quotes there.

2. create a folder called EGG in the root of your C: drive

3. type "COPY C:\egg.txt C:\EGG\egg.txt"

4. See if you folder EGG has any new files!

End.

Works in Windows 2000 and XP

:)

It does not work on Windows 2

Anonymous (not verified)
on
April 19, 2006 - 10:40am

It does not work on Windows 2000 SP4

Didn't work either in WinXP S

Anonymous (not verified)
on
April 20, 2006 - 9:02am

Didn't work either in WinXP SP2

silly people

Anonymous (not verified)
on
May 13, 2006 - 2:23pm

It worked for me...I found this mysterious egg.txt file. OMG FRIGHTENING!

I concur...where do we type t

Anonymous (not verified)
on
July 31, 2006 - 12:47pm

I concur...where do we type that?

OF COURSE IT WORKS

Anonymous (not verified)
on
April 4, 2008 - 4:51pm

DONT YOU NOOBS SEE THAT IT HAS TO WORK. HE'S JUST MAKING FUN OF YOUR STUPIDITY. ITS NOT AN EGG, YOU'RE JUST COPYNG THE FILE!!!!!!!

calm down man. they are

Anonymous (not verified)
on
April 8, 2008 - 12:41am

calm down man. they are kidding I think... (for their sake, I hope LOL)

work ok

php (not verified)
on
July 12, 2007 - 2:13am

work ok

where do we have to type "COP

Anonymous (not verified)
on
July 15, 2006 - 5:15pm

where do we have to type "COPY C:\egg.txt C:\EGG\egg.txt"?

Folder contains

Arulkumar (not verified)
on
September 4, 2006 - 6:45am

I tried above command in windows 2000. I copied that egg.txt file into egg folder. And I can see that file Inside of egg folder.

Here is one more ESPECIALLY F

Anonymous (not verified)
on
September 28, 2006 - 11:03am

Here is one more ESPECIALLY FOR YOU:

1. create a file called egg.txt in the root of your C: drive. Type "Microsoft SUXX" without quotes there.

2. create a folder called EGG in the root of your C: drive

3. type "COPY C:\egg.txt C:\EGG\egg.txt"

4. format c:

5. Enter yes to all questions.

6. See if you folder EGG has any files!

End.

You're an idiot! Don't do th

Anonymous (not verified)
on
November 19, 2006 - 3:28pm

You're an idiot! Don't do that. It'll erase your hard drive.

cmd

Anonymous (not verified)
on
June 17, 2008 - 11:08am

thats only if in cmd.exe (command prompt)

fail.

Anonymous (not verified)
on
October 17, 2008 - 9:36am

fail.

Stupid people

Anonymous (not verified)
on
January 2, 2007 - 3:31pm

For those of you that are dumb enough to do this, it will erase EVERYTHING on your hard drive.

And for those who try to

Anonymous (not verified)
on
March 22, 2007 - 7:32pm

And for those who try to look somewhat "clever" and tell the dumb what this will do, I will tell them that they are WRONG, because windows' partition is in use and format will not proceed... now rm -rf /mnt/windows

Wow, that did a lot ;-D

Anonymous (nee nee...) (not verified)
on
October 28, 2008 - 7:06am

Since when did the dumb start using *nix?

only for those of you dumb

Anonymous (not verified)
on
June 14, 2007 - 1:58pm

only for those of you dumb enough to be logged in as an Administrator.

C:\>format c: The type of

Anonymous (not verified)
on
August 16, 2007 - 7:47am

C:\>format c:
The type of the file system is NTFS.

WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK
DRIVE C: WILL BE LOST!
Proceed with Format (Y/N)? y
Verifying 4996M

Format cannot run because the volume is in use by another
process. Format may run if this volume is dismounted first.
ALL OPENED HANDLES TO THIS VOLUME WOULD THEN BE INVALID.
Would you like to force a dismount on this volume? (Y/N) y
Cannot lock the drive. The volume is still in use.

C:\>

I still find it amusing that people actually think "format c:" will actually format the c: drive. Windows dosn't let you delete files that are in use. Do you REALLY think it's going to let you wipe the partition all the core OS files reside on?

well.. linux lets you do that ;=)

Marcel Partap (not verified)
on
September 24, 2007 - 7:49pm

got root? You then may easily destroy your system on-the-fly with rm -rf / or mkfs.something /dev/rootdevice ... Talk about the power to amaze! I like the kicks of being in control of my computer; it's quite like the thrill of walking on a high plateau and being able to run of the cliff at any time you choose to - ...
rgrds_marcel ;)

>Do you REALLY think it's

Anonymous (not verified)
on
November 20, 2007 - 3:26pm

>Do you REALLY think it's going to let you wipe the partition all the core OS files reside on?

Any sane OS (Linux, BSD, etc.) does.

FORMAT C:

Anonymous (not verified)
on
December 17, 2007 - 6:58pm

Do you REALLY think it's going to let you wipe the partition all the core OS files reside on?

YES.

Top secret manual how to do:

- Switch to Ring0 (several ways available)
- Disable interrupts, kill NTOSKRNL.EXE
- Switch to RM
- Format your HD using BIOS INT 13 or ATA controller

NTSC SUXX

Here is one more

Anonymous (not verified)
on
January 16, 2007 - 2:39pm

Wow! I tried all that and it really worked!

I can't believe what's in this EGG folder... !
Is that the developers in that picture?

Dont u have any work u

Anonymous (not verified)
on
February 13, 2007 - 3:32am

Dont u have any work u idiot!!!!

Where do you type Format c:

Anonymous (not verified)
on
May 2, 2007 - 9:32am

Where do you type Format c:

The EGG.TXT to C:/WINDOWS/EGG/EGG.TXT thing.

Devin.. (not verified)
on
May 10, 2007 - 11:48pm

No crap ur gonna find something read what he said. COPY C:/EGG.txt to C:/EGG/EGG.txt and i like the microsoft suxx touch too.

What an asshole

Anonymous (not verified)
on
May 20, 2007 - 11:13pm

What an asshole

Instruction #4

Anonymous (not verified)
on
July 2, 2007 - 2:03pm

re-read step # 4.... ?

where do u type it?

Anonymous (not verified)
on
October 24, 2006 - 6:00pm

where do u type it?

Where do you type "COPY

Anonymous (not verified)
on
January 14, 2007 - 1:15pm

Where do you type "COPY C:\egg.txt C:\EGG\egg.txt"?

Command

Anonymous
on
August 13, 2007 - 10:19pm

In Command Prompt

for cons and egg-heads

Anonymous (not verified)
on
August 14, 2007 - 7:18pm

For all you cons and egg-heads try this:

1. cd \

2. mkdir EGG

3. copy con EGG\egg.txt

4. write "Microsoft SUXX" without the quotes

5. hit CTRL+Z

6. write "for /R EGG %i IN (*) do type %i" without the quotes and hit enter

where do u have to type copy?

Anonymous (not verified)
on
October 8, 2007 - 8:59am

where the hell do u have to type the copy c:\egg.txt c:\EGG\egg.txt
i tried typing in command prompt but doesn't work plz help.

hey dude this is nt working.

Anonymous (not verified)
on
November 17, 2007 - 5:06am

hey dude this is nt working. man!!!!!!!!

im lost?

smurfster (not verified)
on
December 17, 2007 - 3:58pm

where do i type the
"COPY C:\egg.txt C:\EGG\egg.txt"???

WOW!!! U R STUPID

Anonymous (not verified)
on
October 8, 2008 - 5:05am

WOW!!! U R STUPID

For everyone else:

Anonymous (not verified)
on
December 20, 2005 - 12:36pm

For everyone else:

try to delete the XEROX folder in your PROGRAM FILES folder.
Yes! Yes! You do have it. All of you. And you will not be able to get rid of it.

(If you have a localized version it will be in a folder which corresponds to Program Files folder in the English version: e.g. Programme in the German version of Windows).

How much did Xerox pay for such a bug?
We will not call this an egg, right?

:)

There actually is a way to ge

Anonymous (not verified)
on
April 3, 2006 - 4:58pm

There actually is a way to get rid of this one, if only temporarily. You can boot to a Knoppix CD with NTFS support or a WinPE (like Barts win PE) and remove it from with in there, but the problem is that every time you reboot back into XP off the hard drive the folder is automatically created.

I wonder how this happens - is it in the registry, a windows program, a windows service, or a 3rd party program that does this. I usually configure my systems to only boot minimal programs and services, but this folder is still created, even with only a minimal boot-up.

Has anyone found out where in the boot process this folder is automatically created (assuming its been deleted by WinPE or Knoppix) and how to stop it from being created?

Same for IE

Anonymous (not verified)
on
April 4, 2006 - 11:02am

Delete iexplore.exe (%SystemDrive%\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe)
Wait 5-10 sec and refresh.

Overwrite iexplore.exe w/ firefox.exe (retaining iexplore.exe file name).
Wait 5-10 sec and refresh.

Even works if IE is "uninstalled".

RE: Same for IE

Anonymous (not verified)
on
September 24, 2007 - 3:17pm

You cannot delete system files. If you manage to delete them, they will be automatically restored using the Windows File Protection System. However, if you want to change the file you should also change the copy located in the %systemroot%\System32\dllcache\ folder. Windows will shame you asking for the Windows CD-ROM if you give it they will be restored. Otherwise you will keep the "modified" version.

you can erease this one in

billi1006 (not verified)
on
January 10, 2007 - 6:32pm

you can erease this one in safe mode dont forget to turn off therestoration point before restarting your computer

you would mess up your computer

Anonymous (not verified)
on
June 28, 2007 - 4:01pm

the reason you can't delete the XEROX folder is because that is where winlogon.exe is located. if you don't believe me, goto download.com and search for unlocker,and download that program. then install it and when you try to delete the folder it will tell you that winlogon.exe is using the folder.

Winlogon.exe is not located

Anonymous (not verified)
on
September 22, 2007 - 9:04am

Winlogon.exe is not located in this directory.
But WPF is checking somethings in this directory and WFP is running on a thread of Winlogon.exe.

XEROX

Anonymous (not verified)
on
November 22, 2007 - 2:41pm

fine program " Unlocker " u kan du it

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