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Monday, November 23, 2009
Windows "Magics" and Explenations
Last week, one of my colleague has forwarded some bugs to the company tech talk. Sometimes back, this email was circulating through the web uncovering some bug in Windows calling "Magics"
Here I post those magics and explanations for them.
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
Explanation:
Not only folder named ‘con’. Following names also not possible.
NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3,COM1 to COM9 and LPT1 to LPT9. ( these are systems variables)
But there is a way to create above named folders in windows.
Try these steps.
1) go to run dialog.
2) type cmd/command (command prompt gets opened)
3) go to root directory like C:\ or D:\ etc
4) type md\\.\\c:\\con ....(here is done)
5) check the folder on the respected drive.
This is because MS-DOS Device Driver Names Cannot be Used as File Names
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/74496/en-us
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!
Explanation:
This is a string parsing bug in the parser. Any string with letters 4-3-3-5 will cause this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_hid_the_facts
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.....!
Explanation:
This is a documented function in Word
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/212251
Here I post those magics and explanations for them.
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
Explanation:
Not only folder named ‘con’. Following names also not possible.
NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3,COM1 to COM9 and LPT1 to LPT9. ( these are systems variables)
But there is a way to create above named folders in windows.
Try these steps.
1) go to run dialog.
2) type cmd/command (command prompt gets opened)
3) go to root directory like C:\ or D:\ etc
4) type md\\.\\c:\\con ....(here is done)
5) check the folder on the respected drive.
This is because MS-DOS Device Driver Names Cannot be Used as File Names
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/74496/en-us
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!
Explanation:
This is a string parsing bug in the parser. Any string with letters 4-3-3-5 will cause this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_hid_the_facts
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.....!
Explanation:
This is a documented function in Word
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/212251
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