This document lists various Easter eggs hidden in past versions of Microsoft software products such as Windows, Word, Excel, and Access. Some examples include accessing a hidden screensaver of a 3D teapot model in Windows 95, viewing random quotes in older Office versions, and triggering a "Hall of Tortured Souls" screen in Excel 95 by selecting specific cells. The Easter eggs were hidden messages or jokes left by developers to be discovered by users.

1. Easter Eggs in Microsoft
Products
Can you spot them all?

2. Microsoft Bear
Windows 3.1 & 95
1. Hold Ctrl-Alt-Shift
2. Go to the Help menu
of Program Manager >
About Program
Manager
3. Double Click the
Windows logo > OK
4. Repeat several
times. You should
eventually get the bear

3. Microsoft Bunny
• Windows 95
Type ILOVEBUNNY32=1 under the [WINDOWS]
section of WIN.INI

4. WordPerfect Monster
• Word for Windows
2
Tools > Macro
Name macro “Spiff” >
Edit.
Clear the page >
close.
Help > About > click
on Word logo

5. Random Quotes
• If you do your best, whatever
• Office 4.3 / 96 / 97 happens will be for the best.
• Things that go away by themselves
View the Help file. can come back by themselves.
• Plaid shirts and striped pants rarely
make a positive fashion statement.
• You should never dive into murky
waters.
• It's never too late to learn to play
the piano.
• You can hurt yourself if you run
with scissors.
• You should never look directly at
the sun.
• This is the last tip.

6. The Hall of Tortured Souls
• Excel 95
1. Open Excel 95
2. Go down to the 95th
row
3. Select the whole row
4. Tab over to column B
5. Go to Help > About
6. Hold down Ctrl-Alt-
Shift and click on the tech
support button
7. A window appears
called "Hall of Tortured
souls"

7. Word Pinball
• Word 97
Type the word "Blue"
Format > Font, change to
bold and change colour to
blue >OK
Add a space after the
word Blue
Help > About Microsoft
Word
Hold down Ctrl + Shift
and click the Word icon

8. Magic 8 Ball
• Access 97
Create a blank database
Macros > New
Press space
Close the dialog box
Click Yes
Save as "Magic Eight
Ball"
View > Toolbars >
Customize and check
macro design
Drag the macro to the
second toolbar

9. Dev Hunter
• Excel 2000
File > Save as web page
Selection:Sheet > Add
interactivity > Save
Open the file
Scroll to WC2000 and
click on 2000
Hold ctrl+shift+alt and
then click on the
Microsoft logo

10. Utah Teapot
• Windows 95
3D Pipes Screensaver
settings: Pipes
needed to be multiple
and standard style,
joint type must be
multiple and texture
solid

11. Minesweeper Cheat
• Windows 2000 &
XP
At the start of a game
type xyzzy and press
Enter

12. Anti-piracy Gallery
• On the Vista CD are
faces of the anti-
piracy team

13. Blue Screen of Death
• Internet Explorer 5
In the address bar
type about:mozilla

14. Hover
• Windows 95
On the installation CD

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March
2013