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Windows 98 Tricks . . .
submitted by: Gladiatrix
posted: 5/18/00
Win98 Team credits
To see a cool little multmedia presentation of the Windows 98 development team
with pictures and music, follow these steps:
Open Windows Explorer
Go to C:\WINDOWS\Application
Data\Microsoft\WELCOME\
Right-click on Weldata.exe
and hold the mouse-button
Drag to the Desktop and let go of the button
Choose Create Shortcut(s)
Here
-- You can create a shortcut to the Weldata.exe file any way you like --
Right-click on the new shortcut icon, choose Properties,
and make sure you're on the Shortcut
tab.
In the Target
box, type You_are_a_real_rascal
at the end after the stuff that's there --put in a space. So it will look like:
"C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\WELCOME\WELDATA.EXE" You_are_a_real_rascal
(but on one line)
From the Run:
drop-down list, choose Minimized
Click OK
Double-click on the Shortcut icon and watch the fun!
submitted by: Hephaestus
posted: 5/18/00
Say hi! to the Winamp 2.xx
Developer
This should work with any Winamp version that starts with 2. Some of the elements
that I name may be different on your Winamp, but you should be able to find
the equivalents.
Start Winamp
Click on the icon on the top left of the toolbar ... looks like a little sine
wave for me.
Choose Nullsoft Winamp...
(might be About
on yours)
You should see a crazy-looking dude with headphones retreating from you on
the screen leaving acid-like traces
Hold CTRL-ALT-SHIFT
and double-click on the Copyright
line
The crazy guy's face will be replaced by ... the developers! His name is Justin,
I've heard :)
submitted by: Froggy
posted: 5/18/00
Spicing up your icons
You're probably used to seeing the same old icons on your desktop all the time,
and you may not like the automatic icons you get when you make a new Shortcut.
You can change that, though, by finding cool new icons in Windows files. A lot
of icon pics are stored in .dll files (dynamic linked library).
To change the icon on a shortcut , right-click on it and choose Properties.
Make sure you're on the Shortcut tab and then click the Change Icon... button.
You then get a Change Icon window with a white box under File Name. You can
type a full path in there and choose from different, cool-looking icons.
Here are some that I found ... there are TONS more (there are icons in files
that aren't .dll files) so you can cruise around and try to find new ones if
you want.
C:\Windows\System\mslocusr.dll
C:\Windows\System\isign32.dll
C:\Windows\System\iepeers.dll
C:\Windows\System\inetcfg.dll
C:\Windows\System\javacypt.dll
C:\Windows\System\mobsync.dll
C:\Program Files\PLUS!\System\compext.dll
C:\Program Files\Accessories\Hyperterminal\hticons.dll
C:\Windows\System\cool.dll
C:\Program Files\NetMeeting\nmchat.dll
C:\Windows\System\pifmgr.dll
Pretty neat, eh?
submitted by: Zanth
posted: 4/28/00
Internet Explorer Easter Eggs
Using Slammy's instructions below, I did not get the multiplicity of options
he indicated.
I did however observe, upon clicking the customize button, a small video that
loaded. This video started with a colored Easter Egg breaking open. Inside was
most likely Netscape/Mozilla's Godzilla. With that said, the IE letter e
drops on the head of the great lizard and kills him. All with the saying: IE5
ROCKS!
If this is another Egg, then wonderful!
submitted by: Slammy
posted: 4/14/00
Internet Explorer Easter Eggs
Another example of bloatware at its best! IE5 has a bunch of hidden
stuff in it, including some pics of people who must be the development team
and other little oddities.
- In IE, select Tools
>> Internet Options and then make sure you're on the General
tab
- Click the Languages
button
- Click the Add
button
- In the User defined
box at the bottom of the window, type ie-ee,
then click the OK
button
- Highlight the line that says User
defined [ie-ee] then click the Move
Up button then the OK
button again
- Back in the normal IE view, click the Search
icon
The left-hand pane now contains a TON of stuff you can play with!!
Though you should spend some time testing all the choices, here are some of
my personal favorites:
- Click the Find Yourself
radio button, fill in something where it says Please
specify where you would like to be found:, and click the Search
button.
- If you click the Previous
searches radio button, you get a list of three links. The last
is a normal link, but the second one (called How
the magic happens) is a MUST see.
- Click the word Customize
near the top of the Search
pane.
Plenty more, so you'll have to check it out yourself.
submitted by: Rei A.
posted: 8/20/99
Hold down 'Ctrl', then click Start / Settings / Taskbar & Start Menu. You'll
notice that a new tab will be there: 'Desk Bar Options'. You can't do anything
with it, but this seems to be an unfinished feature of Windows 98.
submitted by: Tommy Gjerdin
posted: 5/28/99
Type beer without quotes
instead of volcano as the text
in 3Dtext scr.saver.
It will give you a lot of beer names.
Rob note: Does this work for anyone? It
doesn't work on my system. Maybe it was a Win98 beta thing?
posted:
2/19/99
Windows 98 Product Team
1) In the Windows Directory
go to Application data\Microsoft\Welcome
2) Create a shortcut to the weldata.exe file
3) Change the properties of that shortcut to read in the target at the end You_are_a_real_rascal
4) Click on run and select minimized
6) Click Ok then double click the shortcut to see the Windows98 Product
Team
posted:
2/19/99
Eject PC?
1) Go to Notepad on the Start Bar and click on Properties
2) Click Change Icon and double click on the same icon again
3) Hover between Start and Shut Down and you'll be able to Eject
your PC
(This feature of Win98 is actually used to eject laptops from a docking station
- but this is a strange way to enable that option on desktops!)
posted:
2/19/99
Pinball inside Word 97Start Word 97 and type the word
Blue in a new document. Highlight the word Blue and click Format
on the menu at the top of the screen then click on Font. Change
the color of the word Blue to blue and make the word bold then press Enter.
After the word Blue (which should now be Bold and Blue) type a space
then a quote then a space then a quote. Then click on Help,
then About Microsoft Word. Hold down the Control and Shift
keys simultaneously and click the Word icon.
-- Stefan Dzisiewski-Smith
posted:
2/19/99
Flight Simulator inside of Excel 97
1) Open Excel with a new worksheet
2) Hit the F5 key
3) Type x97:l97 then hit enter
4) Hit the Tab key
5) Hold down the Control and Shift key and click on
the Chart Wizard button
You should now be in a Flight Simulator. While in the Simulator you can accelerate
with the left mouse button and decelerate or reverse direction with the right
mouse button. If you want to see the credits, go forward a little and then go
to the left. The credits will be scrolling.
-- anonymous
posted:
2/19/99
Internet Explorer 4.0 Development Team
1) Go to Help and then click About
2) Hold the Control key and click and drag the E and drop
it on the globe, then let go of the Control key
3) Now, hold the Control key again and drag the globe and try to
PUSH the Internet Explorer logo to the side
4) When the Internet Explorer logo moves there will be a button called Unlock,
click it. The globe will start dancing
5) Hold the Control key and move the E back on top of the
globe and BOOM
posted:
2/19/99
Windows 98 credits
1) Double click the
clock on the bottom right of the Task Bar
2) Click on the Time Zone tab
3) Hold down the Control key and drag from Cairo, Egypt to Memphis, TN
4) Then continue holding the Control key and drag from Memphis to Redmond, WA
then (still holding CTRL), drag from Memphis to Redmond (WA).
-- Jason Boles
Volcanos in the U.S.
1) Go to Display in Control Panel
2) Click on the Screen Saver tab
3) Change the Screen Saver to 3D Text (comes with Windows98)
4) Click on Settings, type volcano next to the word "text"
then click OK
The screen saver will display the names of all of the volcanos in the United
States, one by one.
-- Nathan R. Esau
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