Windows XP Easter Egg Hidden Secret Trick
If you’re using Windows XP operating system, try this little hidden and secret trick which reveals sort of easter egg or bug by using Notepad.
- Open Notepad by clicking on Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Notepad.
- Type “bush hid the facts” or “this fun hit video” (without quotes and do not hit Return or Enter key, either one will work, but not both).
- Save the file by clicking on File then Save. You can put any filename to the saved text file in .txt
- Close the Notepad.
- Open again the saved text file by relaunch Notepad and clicking on File then Open and choose the saved document, or simply double click on the saved text file from Windows Explorer.
- Check what happen to the text that you have just typed.
You will see the text of “bush hid the facts” or “this fun hit video” has been changed to small square or some weird and funny Chinese characters if you have installed East Asian languages support. Not believe? See the video clips below.
This is most likely caused by failure or problem of Notepad to recognize the file encoding of the documents, where for some reason, Notepad interprets that text documents contains character in Unicode, not ANSI as it really is.
Notepad also has a hidden .LOG hidden function which display current time and date on opening.
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June 6th, 2009 20:11
it was fun but i did not get the chinese symbols
December 3rd, 2008 05:24
hi..its the fact that it not only gives a code bug error (translation nto chinese or sqaures)..
it works with all the words “4 3 3 5″ characters….
BUT THE ABOVE RULE DOES NOT APPLY FOR
“BUSH HID THE TRUTH” or “BRAD ATE THE TREES” or “FRED LED THE BRATS”..
there will be no encoding error for above 3 sentences….
cheers…enjoy..
November 4th, 2008 06:12
quero saber o que significa está frase em portugues??
GETTING TRICK OR TREAT
November 2nd, 2008 15:56
lol its any sentance composed of a 4 lettre word, then two 3 letter words then a 5 letter word. its a decoding bug
October 29th, 2008 00:00
it worked……….
coooooolllllllll……….
bt why its so???????????
June 5th, 2008 10:07
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May 14th, 2008 04:18
I translated the above chinese txt using aoe’s translate gadget on google
it translates as such:
“Albert Benren Mount Tiantou video seized Mongoose”
February 20th, 2008 22:16
this one also work
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so does this also work
you guys suck
February 14th, 2008 23:39
i tried to paste in word 2003 and i get the same oriental symbols
so i tried to translate with google translate and from chinese to english this is the phrase
doesn’t mean anything to me anyway
Albert Benren Mount Tiantou seized Ying Meng
October 27th, 2007 08:20
This is the message: 畢桳栠摩琠敨映捡獴
October 27th, 2007 08:20
Yes, I tried it. I got Unicode, too. But I copied the text and pasted it into WORD 2003 and it pasted Kanji or Japanese letters. Who can translate this?
August 20th, 2007 11:29
Hi
August 8th, 2007 06:58
yeah, this works aswell;
xxxx xxx xxx xxxxx
February 16th, 2007 06:12
It works when you type anything 18 characters in length including spaces.
December 29th, 2006 01:37
Type also “this app can break”