Supragal Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 For those of you bored already at work! MAGIC #1 An Indian discovered that nobody can create a FOLDER anywhere on the computer which can be named as "CON". This is something pretty cool...and unbelievable. .. At Microsoft the whole Team, couldn't answer why this happened! TRY IT NOW, IT WILL NOT CREATE " CON " FOLDER 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. Is it just a really weird bug? Confused? MAGIC #3 Open Microsoft Word and type =rand (200, 99) And then press ENTER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heckler Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 your bored, aren't you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heckler Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 ok, try this link http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/eastereg.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Tut tut Rosie http://www.hoax-slayer.com/con-folder-name.shtml "CON" and a number of other character strings are in fact reserved names that go back to the days of DOS and cannot be used to name folders or files. Other reserved names are: PRN AUX NUL LPT1 COM1 Number 2 is a simple unicode issue, if you save aaaa bbb ccc ddddd you'll get the same results. Number 3 is a development proofing tool which allows testers to dump a lot of text on screen at once for testing purposes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoboblio Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 You'll be telling us there's no father Christmas next Ian. Spoil sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragal Posted November 7, 2007 Author Share Posted November 7, 2007 I assumed there were reasons, but I clearly don't have as much time to go hunting for such explanations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 That must be some sort of a con. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragal Posted November 7, 2007 Author Share Posted November 7, 2007 Command Prompt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 I don't have a problem either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShamelessTT Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Its windows Xp etc, not vista (doesnt create CON on my XP) Vista looks so Apple Mac, i wish to burn it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Ian ruined the fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil tt Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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