The Loony Bin
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loonies@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk
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Thu, 29 Aug 1996 13:46:37 +0100
Hiya Loonies... I haven't got around to trying these myself, so I have no idea if they actually work... Wishes & Dreams... - ANDREA xx ************<andrea@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk>************ *****<ajc6@ukc.ac.uk>***<bloodaxe@geocities.com>***** *** *** *** THE LOONY BIN *** *** loonies@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk *** *** *** ******************Internet Goddess******************* *********************ANDROMEDA*********************** ------- Forwarded foolishness follows ------- [Things that you can do to annoy Windows...] Quicken 3.0 Hold down any one of the following keys: S, R, or V. Click on Help, About and ignore the beeps. Depending on which key you held down, you'll see an animated windsurfer, green snake, or promotional message from the sponsor. Now go back and hold down the other key. CorelDraw 4.0 Select Help, About CorelDraw. In the About CorelDraw screen, locate the hot-air balloon icon in the upper-left corner. Double-click on the icon. Use the left-mouse button to raise and lower the hot-air balloon that appears, and click the right-mouse button a couple of times. Elvis impersonators will parachute out of the sky. Microsoft Word 6.0 for Windows Type the three characters T3! and select them. Then hit the Bold button, followed by the AutoFormat button. Select Help, About Microsoft Word, and click on the flying Word for Windows Icon. If you can stand the suspense, wait until the end. Just before the catch-all acknowledgment of "People We Forgot," you'll see a name you may know. Microsoft Excel 5.0 Start Excel with a blank book. Right-mouse click on the toolbar and select Customize. Select Custom from the categories list and drag the Solitaire icon onto the blank spreadsheet. Click on Cancel to close the Assign Macro dialog box without assigning a macro. Click on Close to quit the Customize dialog box. Finally, press Ctrl-Alt-Shift, then click on the Solitaire icon. You'll see a couple of dull cast lists, followed by a hypnotic dot animation. Press Esc to quit. CorelDraw 3 Select Help, About CorelDraw. Hold down Ctrl-Shift and double-click on the hot-air balloon icon in the upper-left corner. An elongated About box appears with a balloon at the base. Use the left-mouse button to make the balloon rise and release the button to make it descend. Lotus Organizer With Organizer in full flow, hold down the Shift, Ctrl, and Alt keys on the left-hand side of your keyboard, and simultaneously double-click on the wastebasket icon at the bottom-left corner of Organizer's main window. The flames in the trash can flare up between one and three times. Click on the can and, after the flare-up, watch the show. Press Esc to escape. When All Else Fails, Cheat Launch Minesweeper and type XYZZY. Press the Enter key, then the Shift key. Move the mouse pointer over the game and you'll notice that, whenever it's over a safe square, the pixel in the upper-left corner of your desktop turns white. Make sure you close or minimize all other applications before you start Minesweeper and use dark wallpaper to make sure you can see that pixel! Wailing Minesweep Using an undocumented setting, Windows' Minesweeper can be coaxed to emit a righteous police-siren wail when you lose a game. In the Windows directory, you should have a file called WINMINE.INI. Within that file is just one section, [Minesweeper] (you can create it, too, if it doesn't exist). Under that section, add the line: Sound = 10 Close WINMINE.INI and start Minesweeper.