Easter Egg in WinXP

[Ken A]

I think it was here that I read that there are no Easter Eggs in WinXP.
Jeff Levy of radio KNX 1070 has a website and he gives the following to
locate a Easter Egg in XP. This is a copy of what he posted on his website.
I did as he said and found the Easter Egg. Just posting this as it may be
of interest to some in this group.

Ken A.

FIND HIDDEN MUSIC IN WINDOWS XP

Computer Easter Eggs are bits and pieces of code that are hidden somewhere
in a program. An example of an Easter Egg showed up in Microsoft Office 97.
In Word 97, if you typed, "I'd like to see" and followed it by almost
anything, and then ran the entire sentence through Word's Thesaurus, Word
would return "I'll drink to that."

Microsoft took lots of heat over that, as people accused the company of
being racist, insensitive, politically incorrect and the like.

Windows XP, on the other hand, has a very nice Easter Egg in the form of a
file that plays some very nice, easy to listen to music. Here's how to find
it.

Click on Start and then click on Search. Click on All files and folders, and
in the All or part of the file name: box, type
c:\windows\system32\oobe\images\title.wma

Click on Search or press the Enter key. When you see the icon for the file
title.wma, double-click on it and enjoy the music. Happy Easter...Egg.

 

[Tom Willett]

"On a more entertaining note, do you remember the music that played when you
first started Windows XP? Ya know, the one that sounded like an Enigma tune?
If you wanna hear it again, you can find it at C: WINDOWS system32 oobe
images title.wma. Of course, if you want to free up 3 MB worth of space, you
can delete it and the intro.wmv file sitting next to it. Eat your heart out,
Enya."

http://radio.weblogs.com/0100241/2002/03/03.html

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

Just posting this as it may be
of interest to some in this group.

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[Wesley Vogel]

I think it was here that I read that there are no Easter Eggs in WinXP.

Correct. title.wma isn't an Easter Egg it's a Windows Media Audio file and
it is not even hidden.

FIND HIDDEN MUSIC IN WINDOWS XP

Do a Search for .au, .snd, .wma, .wax, .cda, .wav .mp3, .m3u, .mid, .midi,
..rmi, .aif, .aifc and .aiff files on your machine.

"A virtual Easter egg is a hidden message or feature in an object such as a
movie, book, CD, DVD, computer program, or video game. The term draws a
parallel with the custom of the Easter egg hunt observed in many western
nations."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg_(media)

Easter eggs in Microsoft products
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_eggs_in_Microsoft_products

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[Bruce Chambers]

I think it was here that I read that there are no Easter Eggs in WinXP.
Jeff Levy of radio KNX 1070 has a website and he gives the following to
locate a Easter Egg in XP. This is a copy of what he posted on his website.
I did as he said and found the Easter Egg. Just posting this as it may be
of interest to some in this group.

Ken A.

FIND HIDDEN MUSIC IN WINDOWS XP

Computer Easter Eggs are bits and pieces of code that are hidden somewhere
in a program. An example of an Easter Egg showed up in Microsoft Office 97.
In Word 97, if you typed, "I'd like to see" and followed it by almost
anything, and then ran the entire sentence through Word's Thesaurus, Word
would return "I'll drink to that."

Microsoft took lots of heat over that, as people accused the company of
being racist, insensitive, politically incorrect and the like.

Windows XP, on the other hand, has a very nice Easter Egg in the form of a
file that plays some very nice, easy to listen to music. Here's how to find
it.

Click on Start and then click on Search. Click on All files and folders, and
in the All or part of the file name: box, type
c:\windows\system32\oobe\images\title.wma

Click on Search or press the Enter key. When you see the icon for the file
title.wma, double-click on it and enjoy the music. Happy Easter...Egg.

That's not an "Easter Egg," that's just the startup music that plays
the first time one installs WinXP. It's existence has been widely known
and well-documented for years.


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[RA]

Correct. title.wma isn't an Easter Egg it's a Windows Media Audio
file and it is not even hidden.

And boy was I surprised while vacationing in Cozumel recently to hear that
particular tune being piped through a restaurant's speakers. Very
relaxing...

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Paste this in Start | Run and click OK...

c:\windows\system32\oobe\images\title.wma

An while vacationing in Cozumel

Must be nice. 34°F (1°C) here, not very nice.

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[RA]

Paste this in Start | Run and click OK...

c:\windows\system32\oobe\images\title.wma


Must be nice. 34°F (1°C) here, not very nice.

It was nice... for a week.
When we got on the plane for home, it was about 96 humid degrees and when we
got off the plane it was 13 below zero.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

You do have to pay the piper. LOL There is no free lunch.

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