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This is an interesting: Try to create a folder named CON anywhere.

Anyone know more?

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CON, AUX, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, PRN, NUL

All of those won't work ANYWHERE in the windows system. Their the reserved words of the OS, like in C case, switch, if, ect...

DOS maps everything as a file. So does windows as a result, and these are the leftovers. You can get to it from ( DO NOT TYPE IN EXPLORER ) \\.\e:\con, lpt, or whatever.

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You are correct there can be created by some CMD, commands! ;)

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I found another easter egg in the wallpaper Bliss,

To Find Out: ( This Only Works For Windows XP )

1st - Type In the address bar - " C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper " And Select Bliss.

2nd - Open Microsoft Word And paste in. Change the contrast to 11%. Also Change The Brightness to 72%.

3rd - You will see an eye in the middle-right of the screen.

WARNING - THIS CANNOT WORK FOR THE NEW VERSION OF MICROSOFT OFFICE.

Isaac

P.S - Give feedback.

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I can't test it as I have Office 2007. Can you post a screenshot?

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Didn't work for me I have MS Office 2002 (The one of XP)

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C:\Documents and Settings\Bryan\My Documents\Bliss

U might like to see this, ive got a felling its some kind of a rhino.

Good Luck.

If u cannot see the picture please contact me:
(isaac_chua3@hotmail.com)

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Any Can Tell Me, When i post a picture out into forums, Does my picture appear or it is just my computer?

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We cannot see the picture. You've to upload it to the internet, and then give us the URL. If you don't have a server yourself for uploading, then there's a lot of free uploading-places around on the internet, like ImageShack.

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Ok i know i made a mistake, well, thanks for the help =D

The Image:

http://img134.images...mage=eyejr3.jpg

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I can't see any eyes at all. Could you eventually edit the picture, and make a red circle around the eye, where you see it? Also, I noticed, are you editing the contrast and brightness on your monitor? In that case we can't see it.

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Sorry but I see no eyes.... maybe as v0id said, you should mark it...

Thanks