The Easter Egg List

These are some of my favourites, but if you want more, check out the links at the bottom of the page.

Access 97	Credits	1. Create a new database 2. Make new table and save it as "Go Speed Racer Go" 3. Choose Help About and Right Double Click on the Bitmap Just some more boring developer credits, but check out the last few lines; you might get a surprise!
Access 97	Magic Eight Ball	Start Access and create a new database create a do-nothing macro and name it Magic Eight Ball drag the macro onto a toolbar so Access will create a button right-click on the button and select Customize right-click on the button again, select Change Button Image select the eight ball in the dialog click on OK and Close verbally ask your machine a question (very important :-) click on the Magic Eight Ball icon
Adobe Photoshop	Big Electric Cat	Hold down 'ctrl-alt-shift' while selecting 'help->about'.
Adobe Photoshop	Secret Messages	To see the secret messages, get the "electric cat" egg. Once the credits start scrolling, press hold down the Alt key, click the big eye and (with the Alt key still down) press Ctrl. Release the Alt key, and secret messages will appear over the scrolling credits.
Excel 97	Flight Simulator	1. Open a new worksheet, and press the F5 key. 2. Type X97:L97, and press the Enter key. 3. Press the Tab key. 4. Hold Ctrl-Shift, and click the Chart Wizard button on the toolbar. 5. Use the mouse to fly around: the right button moves you forward, while the left button takes you in reverse. To exit, press 'Ctrl-Shift-Esc' My experence with this one locked up the computer: be careful! If you don't have DirectX, you get a boring list of credits.
Internet Explorer 4	EarthMoving Developer Credits	Select "Help" from the main menu. You'll see "About Internet Explorer," and a dialog box will pop up. While holding the Ctrl and Shift keys, use your left mouse button to select the IE logo and then drag it all the way to the left. Next, while still holding the keys down, move the logo to the right, going over the "Microsoft IE 4.0" black text. A button will then be revealed that says "Unlock." Click it. If the IE logo is not already over the earth, it will merely rumble, but if it is moved over the Earth or is already there, it will open a new window, revealing a long list of credits about the makers of IE 4.0, as well as a few inside jokes.
Netscape Navigator	Inbuilt Scripting Debuggers	Type 'mocha:', 'javascript:' or 'livescript:', or shorcut it with the full command to test: e.g. mocha:window.alert('Hi!')
	Quick Internet Search	Type 'about topic' (no colon) to be taken to a random search engine
	Super-short URLs	If you have a URL in the form 'www.sitename.com', you only need to type in the sitename to get there. Try 'fairding'!
	The Amazing FishCam	Press 'ctrl-alt-f'
	The Secret URLs	about: about:logo about:1994 about:logo about:rsalogo about:javalogo about:[URL] about:cache about:memory-cache about:image-cache about:plugins about:document about:global (Careful!) about:blank about:hype about:jwz about:chouck about:marca about:mozilla All sorts of ways of getting info about your copy of netscape, and some URLs of the production team. (some of these may not work on your version) (also try the following about: - Netscape employees - marca, rodb, ebina, blythe, tborja, jules, jim, tdicker, sdowns, cat, mfaul, snpf, bfitler, bgolden, hecker, hagan, kipp, mhiggins, chouck, sharoni, hkamat, ammiel, karlton, billk, brian, bkim, topher, ari, bjm, marcm, dmay, timm, mlm, robm, montulli, dmose, paquin, mareva, nathan, hbscharp, lisa, kent, pthomsen, atotic, mtoy, jeff, jsw, terry, kyounger, jwz)
	Transfer Status Window	Try 'ctrl-alt-t' while downloading.
Norton Utilities 8	Jason?	Run one of the Windows-based components (such as Disk Doctor). Select About from the Help menu. Simultaneously hold down the keys N, U and 8. Use the mouse to point to the picture of your favorite development team member. Activate Num Lock, Caps Lock and Scroll Lock. Click the right mouse button. After step 3, you'll see a nifty color photograph of the NU v8.0 development team. Using the mouse to point to each team member causes their name to be displayed. Step 4 causes the phrase "NEVER SAY DIE!" to appear, and the team members don hockey masks (hint: the pre-release code name for Norton Utilities v8.0 was "Jason")!
Outlook	Developers Credits	Create contact named 'Ren Hoek' Select contact Goto Help Ctrl-Alt-Shift and click on OK button Thought this sounded cool. Also gives you access to the Outlook developers Home Page
Windows 3.1	Developer Credits	Hold down Ctrl+Shift and choose "About" from the "Help" menu. Double click on the flag icon in the top left corner of the the dialog box. Click "OK". With Ctrl+Shift still being held down, choose "About" again, and double-click on the icon. A Windows flag animation should be shown This can be repeated several times to get the credits, each time with a different person (there are apparently four in total.) This can be applied to most of the apps that come with Windows 3.1. If in doubt, it works on the Program Manager.<BR>UNTESTED
Windows 95	Developer Credits	Create a new folder on the desktop and title it "and now, the moment you've all been waiting for" Rename that folder to "we proudly present for your viewing pleasure" Rename it the folder to "The Microsoft Windows 95 Product Team!" Open the folder, and the credits should be displayed.
Windows Minesweeper	Cheat The Sweep	Hold down the Shift key and type XYZZY2. Release Shift and then press it again. Now whenever your cursor is over the top of a mine, the top left pixel on your screen shows as a black dot.
Windows NT 3.51	3D Pipes Screen Saver Easter Egg	Choose 3D Pipes as your screen saver Click "Settings" and choose Mixed Joint Styles. When the screen saver runs, teapots will appear randomly as joints in the pipes.
	Silly Screen Saver	Go the the Desktop settings area in the Control Panel, and select "3D Text" as your screen saver. Click on "Settings" and change the text to be displayed: I love NT For a list of developers. BEER For a list of favourite beers. Rock For a list of favourite rock bands. Choose OK. Now click on "Test" or wait for the screen saver to be activated.
	Stupid Users!	Run User Manager for Domains Check that CAPS LOCK is on Type NTLAN. Some fake users should appear (try typing it again). Exit the User Manager to delete them.
Windows NT 4	Silly Screen Saver	Go the the Desktop settings area in the Control Panel, and select "3D Text" as your screen saver. Click on "Settings" and change the text to be displayed to: I love NT for the word 'good?' Volcano for different volcano names. not evil for a list of developers
Windows Solitaire	3 Card Trick	In turn 3 cards over mode, you can turn over only one card at a time by holding down Ctrl+Alt+Shift

[an error occurred while processing this directive]