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== Product Team credits Easter egg == | == Product Team credits Easter egg == | ||
There is a hidden Easter egg, which can be accessed by creating a new folder and renaming it to each of the following names in order: | There is a hidden Easter egg, which can be accessed by creating a new folder and renaming it to each of the following names in order: | ||
* and now, the moment you've all been waiting for | * and now, the moment you've all been waiting for | ||
* we proudly present for your viewing pleasure | * we proudly present for your viewing pleasure | ||
* The Microsoft Windows 95 Product Team! | * The Microsoft Windows 95 Product Team! | ||
Opening the folder after the last rename opens an | Opening the folder after the last rename opens an Explorer window, although the file list area is replaced with an animation of names of people involved in the development of Windows 95 on a midday blue background with clouds.mid playing in the background. This MIDI file was also subsequently added to the WINDOWS\MEDIA directory upon launching the Easter egg. | ||
The text is located in the library's resource | The text is located in the library's resource BIN and XORed with 0x95 as an obfuscation measure. Likewise, the Easter egg folder names are stored in the .text section of SHELL32.DLL as custom hashes of the old folder name concatenated with the new folder name. | ||
This Easter egg is also present in | This Easter egg is also present in Windows NT 4.0, with references to "95" being replaced with "NT". | ||
There is another easter egg | There is another easter egg like this, but it isn't as immersive. It is also a little bit longer, but the steps are as follows. First, click on the Help option in the Start menu and click on the Find tab. Upon the setup Wizard that appears, click next and finish. Second, go to the Options and then make sure you have these options set: "All the words you typed in any order", "begin with the characters you type", and "Immediately after each keystroke, wait for a pause before searching". Press OK and then type the phrase "Who knows who built this tool?" in the textbox. Hold down both Ctrl+Shift keys and press clear button. Third, go into the options again and set the options as follows: "At least one of the words you typed", "contain the characters you type", and "Immediately after each keystroke, wait for a pause before searching". Press OK and then type the phrase "The Shadow knows!" in the textbox. Hold down both Ctrl+Shift keys and press clear button. If done correctly, a pop-up window will appear scrolling through the development team credits. | ||
== Upgrade Check Password == | == Upgrade Check Password == | ||