Solve : Easter eggs in Microsoft products?

1.	Solve : Easter eggs in Microsoft products?
Answer» This is not new. Maybe new to you. Over the years Microsoft has hidden little cute THINGS that were not documented. You had to press some keys at the right moment and see the 'Easter Egg' hiddeen in the software. Here is the LIST from Wikipedia. Quote The Microsoft Bear is a mascot of the Windows 3.1 (and later Windows 95) TEAM.[2] It was the teddy bear that one of the senior developers on the team used to carry around. He makes SEVERAL cameo appearances in Windows: Thinking this "Bear" is in relation to a hoax virus e-mail about 14 years ago which instructed people to remove a system file jdbgmgr.exe with a bear icon if found because it was a virus and some people not knowing any better deleted an important system file for Windows. http://www.security-faqs.com/the-teddy-bear-email-hoax.html I never really cared back then why Microsoft went with the Bear Icon, but I suppose it all makes sense now reading the wiki you linked.Not quite sure why this even qualifies as "news".... BTW...the CH News Editor position is still open...Quote from: DaveLembke on April 24, 2015, 12:35:45 PM Thinking this "Bear" is in relation to a hoax virus e-mail about 14 years ago which instructed people to remove a system file jdbgmgr.exe with a bear icon if found because it was a virus and some people not knowing any better deleted an important system file for Windows. Thankfully, jdbgmgr.exe is really only needed if somebody is going to be debugging Java running in the Microsoft Java runtime, so the effect on such a hoax was limited. Why does Windows 95 have functions CALLED BEAR, BUNNY and PIGLET? (this is actually used as a cite note)*sigh*Quote from: patio on April 24, 2015, 12:52:38 PM BTW...the CH News Editor position is still open... I have some late cricket news... W.G. Grace is dead.

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This is not new. Maybe new to you.
Over the years Microsoft has hidden little cute THINGS that were not documented. You had to press some keys at the right moment and see the 'Easter Egg' hiddeen in the software.
Here is the LIST from Wikipedia.

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The Microsoft Bear is a mascot of the Windows 3.1 (and later Windows 95) TEAM.[2] It was the teddy bear that one of the senior developers on the team used to carry around. He makes SEVERAL cameo appearances in Windows:

Thinking this "Bear" is in relation to a hoax virus e-mail about 14 years ago which instructed people to remove a system file jdbgmgr.exe with a bear icon if found because it was a virus and some people not knowing any better deleted an important system file for Windows.

http://www.security-faqs.com/the-teddy-bear-email-hoax.html

I never really cared back then why Microsoft went with the Bear Icon, but I suppose it all makes sense now reading the wiki you linked.Not quite sure why this even qualifies as "news"....

BTW...the CH News Editor position is still open...Quote from: DaveLembke on April 24, 2015, 12:35:45 PM

Thinking this "Bear" is in relation to a hoax virus e-mail about 14 years ago which instructed people to remove a system file jdbgmgr.exe with a bear icon if found because it was a virus and some people not knowing any better deleted an important system file for Windows.

Thankfully, jdbgmgr.exe is really only needed if somebody is going to be debugging Java running in the Microsoft Java runtime, so the effect on such a hoax was limited.

Why does Windows 95 have functions CALLED BEAR, BUNNY and PIGLET? (this is actually used as a cite note)***sigh***Quote from: patio on April 24, 2015, 12:52:38 PM

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