Windows. Are these Bugs?
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3 Interesting Facts About Microsoft Windows 1. You Can't Create A Folder Named "Con". At least, some people can't. 2. Write The Following Text Into Notepad: "Bush Hid The Facts" Save the file and see what happens. 3. Open Microsoft Word And Type =Rand(200, 99) And Press Enter. Even in Office 2013. How'd this happen?
The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is SILENCE, the second is LISTENING, the third MEMORY, the forth, PRACTICE and the fifth is TEACHING others!
GeekBond wrote:
1. You Can't Create A Folder Named "Con". At least, some people can't.
GeekBond wrote:
2. Write The Following Text Into Notepad:
"Bush Hid The Facts"
Save the file and see what happens.Nothing happens.
GeekBond wrote:
3. Open Microsoft Word And Type
=Rand(200, 99)
And Press Enter. Even in Office 2013.This is called an Easter egg[^]
In some cases, my signature will be longer then my message...
<em style="color:red">ProgramFOX</em>
ProgramFOX
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Which Windows OS are you running?
The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is SILENCE, the second is LISTENING, the third MEMORY, the forth, PRACTICE and the fifth is TEACHING others!
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XP You can't create those directory names on ANY version of DOS or Windows.
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Sure you can, try typing in Command Prompt
mkdir \\.\C:\NUL
You can use any of the restricted names, deleting it is the tricky part, or you could just use unlocker[^]
The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is SILENCE, the second is LISTENING, the third MEMORY, the forth, PRACTICE and the fifth is TEACHING others!
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3 Interesting Facts About Microsoft Windows 1. You Can't Create A Folder Named "Con". At least, some people can't. 2. Write The Following Text Into Notepad: "Bush Hid The Facts" Save the file and see what happens. 3. Open Microsoft Word And Type =Rand(200, 99) And Press Enter. Even in Office 2013. How'd this happen?
The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is SILENCE, the second is LISTENING, the third MEMORY, the forth, PRACTICE and the fifth is TEACHING others!
GeekBond wrote:
1. You Can't Create A Folder Named "Con". At least, some people can't.
As others have said, RESERVED NAMES.
GeekBond wrote:
2. Write The Following Text Into Notepad:
"Bush Hid The Facts"
Save the file and see what happens.Nothing on my machine (Win 7 Ultimate) More Info Here[^]
GeekBond wrote:
3. Open Microsoft Word And Type
=Rand(200, 99)
And Press Enter. Even in Office 2013.Easter egg, and :laugh:
Bob Dole
The internet is a great way to get on the net.
:doh: 2.0.82.7292 SP6a
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GeekBond wrote:
1. You Can't Create A Folder Named "Con"
This is because CON is a MS-DOS device file. You cannot create a directory with this name for the same reason you cannot create a directory called COM1 or COM2 etc or LPT1. Because they are reserved for MS-DOS use. Imagine trying to create a directory called "C:" and think of the ensuing problems from doing that. This is also why the character : is invalid for a directory/file name.
GeekBond wrote:
"Bush Hid The Facts"
Opening the file shows me the exact contents that I saved into it, no change.
GeekBond wrote:
Open Microsoft Word And Type
=Rand(200, 99)http://geekswithblogs.net/kakaiya/archive/2005/06/26/44712.aspx[^] Apparently it is called "sample text". So no, they are not bugs.
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Lloyd Atkinson wrote:
GeekBond wrote:
"Bush Hid The Facts"
Opening the file shows me the exact contents that I saved into it, no change.
It is related to a Unicode bug on Windows OSes < Vista (e.g. XP, 2000)[^]
Bob Dole
The internet is a great way to get on the net.
:doh: 2.0.82.7292 SP6a
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GeekBond wrote:
1. You Can't Create A Folder Named "Con". At least, some people can't.
GeekBond wrote:
2. Write The Following Text Into Notepad:
"Bush Hid The Facts"
Save the file and see what happens.Nothing happens.
GeekBond wrote:
3. Open Microsoft Word And Type
=Rand(200, 99)
And Press Enter. Even in Office 2013.This is called an Easter egg[^]
In some cases, my signature will be longer then my message...
<em style="color:red">ProgramFOX</em>
ProgramFOX
ProgramFOX wrote:
Nothing happens.
Bug on systems < Vista (XP, 2000, etc)[^]
Bob Dole
The internet is a great way to get on the net.
:doh: 2.0.82.7292 SP6a
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ProgramFOX wrote:
Nothing happens.
Bug on systems < Vista (XP, 2000, etc)[^]
Bob Dole
The internet is a great way to get on the net.
:doh: 2.0.82.7292 SP6a
Yes, I've Windows 7, so nothing happened.
In some cases, my signature will be longer then my message...
<em style="color:red">ProgramFOX</em>
ProgramFOX
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3 Interesting Facts About Microsoft Windows 1. You Can't Create A Folder Named "Con". At least, some people can't. 2. Write The Following Text Into Notepad: "Bush Hid The Facts" Save the file and see what happens. 3. Open Microsoft Word And Type =Rand(200, 99) And Press Enter. Even in Office 2013. How'd this happen?
The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is SILENCE, the second is LISTENING, the third MEMORY, the forth, PRACTICE and the fifth is TEACHING others!
1. Correctly so, it's one of the special device names. 2. Nothing happens. 3. This is well known, it generates 200 x 99 lines of random text. You can check by using a different combination of numbers.
One of these days I'm going to think of a really clever signature.
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GeekBond wrote:
1. You Can't Create A Folder Named "Con"
This is because CON is a MS-DOS device file. You cannot create a directory with this name for the same reason you cannot create a directory called COM1 or COM2 etc or LPT1. Because they are reserved for MS-DOS use. Imagine trying to create a directory called "C:" and think of the ensuing problems from doing that. This is also why the character : is invalid for a directory/file name.
GeekBond wrote:
"Bush Hid The Facts"
Opening the file shows me the exact contents that I saved into it, no change.
GeekBond wrote:
Open Microsoft Word And Type
=Rand(200, 99)http://geekswithblogs.net/kakaiya/archive/2005/06/26/44712.aspx[^] Apparently it is called "sample text". So no, they are not bugs.
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3 Interesting Facts About Microsoft Windows 1. You Can't Create A Folder Named "Con". At least, some people can't. 2. Write The Following Text Into Notepad: "Bush Hid The Facts" Save the file and see what happens. 3. Open Microsoft Word And Type =Rand(200, 99) And Press Enter. Even in Office 2013. How'd this happen?
The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is SILENCE, the second is LISTENING, the third MEMORY, the forth, PRACTICE and the fifth is TEACHING others!
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3 Interesting Facts About Microsoft Windows 1. You Can't Create A Folder Named "Con". At least, some people can't. 2. Write The Following Text Into Notepad: "Bush Hid The Facts" Save the file and see what happens. 3. Open Microsoft Word And Type =Rand(200, 99) And Press Enter. Even in Office 2013. How'd this happen?
The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is SILENCE, the second is LISTENING, the third MEMORY, the forth, PRACTICE and the fifth is TEACHING others!
Try searching for "*.sin" in Windows Explorer.
John Smith Teacher Information Technology
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Yes, I've Windows 7, so nothing happened.
In some cases, my signature will be longer then my message...
<em style="color:red">ProgramFOX</em>
ProgramFOX
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Try searching for "*.sin" in Windows Explorer.
John Smith Teacher Information Technology
... and it finds nothing. Aparently my PC is sin free. :^)
Strange UI
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3 Interesting Facts About Microsoft Windows 1. You Can't Create A Folder Named "Con". At least, some people can't. 2. Write The Following Text Into Notepad: "Bush Hid The Facts" Save the file and see what happens. 3. Open Microsoft Word And Type =Rand(200, 99) And Press Enter. Even in Office 2013. How'd this happen?
The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is SILENCE, the second is LISTENING, the third MEMORY, the forth, PRACTICE and the fifth is TEACHING others!
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... and it finds nothing. Aparently my PC is sin free. :^)
Strange UI
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Try searching for "*.sin" in Windows Explorer.
John Smith Teacher Information Technology
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I did not see anyting happening for No. 2. One more intesting fact in Windows 7: If you type correct credentials during login, you are in right away. However, if you type a wrong password, it takes much longer time to get a message back.
TOMZ_KV
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I did not see anyting happening for No. 2. One more intesting fact in Windows 7: If you type correct credentials during login, you are in right away. However, if you type a wrong password, it takes much longer time to get a message back.
TOMZ_KV
I think it's because when you log on your machine cached credentials are checked first. If no cached credentials are found, then the normal conversation with SAM is taking place and it is more time taking.
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I did not see anyting happening for No. 2. One more intesting fact in Windows 7: If you type correct credentials during login, you are in right away. However, if you type a wrong password, it takes much longer time to get a message back.
TOMZ_KV
That's an intentional 1980's era security feature, and you're glad it does that :) It's to increase the time it takes to try invalid passwords, thereby reducing the effectiveness of brute force attacks by trying different passwords at the login prompt.
We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.
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That's an intentional 1980's era security feature, and you're glad it does that :) It's to increase the time it takes to try invalid passwords, thereby reducing the effectiveness of brute force attacks by trying different passwords at the login prompt.
We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.