# Funny bugs in M$ Windows **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 21, 2008, 7:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/funny-bugs-in-m-windows/43792 "2008-02-21T07:31:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 7:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/funny-bugs-in-m-windows/43792/1 "2008-02-21T07:31:01Z")
pretty neat bugs in windows, I’ve just tried them and sure as shit… [http://www.hoax-slayer.com/microsoft-magic.shtml](http://www.hoax-slayer.com/microsoft-magic.shtml) > **Summary:** > Message outlines three seemingly strange procedures in Microsoft Windows operating systems and claims that not even Microsoft knows why these procedures work as they do ( **Full commentary below** ). > > **Status:** > The procedures are real, but the reasons they occur are well documented. > **Example:** (Submitted, October 2007) **Subject: Microsoft Magic** > ``` > MAGIC #1 > > ``` > > An Indian discovered that nobody can create a FOLDER anywhere on the computer which can be named as “CON”. This is something pretty cool…and unbelievable… At Microsoft the whole Team, couldn’t answer why this happened! > ``` > TRY IT NOW ,IT WILL NOT CREATE "CON" FOLDER > > ``` > ``` > MAGIC #2 > For those of you using Windows, do the following: > 1) Open an empty notepad file > 2) Type "Bush hid the facts" (without the quotes) > 3) Save it as whatever you want.. > 4) Close it, and re-open it. > Is it just a really weird bug? At Microsoft they say they don't know why this happens. > > ``` > ``` > MAGIC #3 > Microsoft's crazy facts > > ``` > This is something pretty cool and neat…and unbelievable… At Microsoft the whole Team, including Bill Gates, couldn’t answer why this happened! > ``` > It was discovered by a Brazilian.. Try it out yourself…. > > ``` > ``` > Open Microsoft Word and type > > ``` > ``` > =rand (200, 99) > > ``` > ``` > And then press ENTER then see the magic……. > > ``` ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/funny-bugs-in-m-windows/43792/2 "2008-02-21T07:34:34Z")
the CON works for any reserved name…try naming a folder LPT1 or COM2, no dice. ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/funny-bugs-in-m-windows/43792/3 "2008-02-21T07:46:09Z")
#2 doesn’t work in vista - or at least it didn’t a month or so ago ---
**Author:** ![fbrendan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fbrendan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fbrendan)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/funny-bugs-in-m-windows/43792/4 "2008-02-21T07:46:40Z")
weird. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 7:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/funny-bugs-in-m-windows/43792/5 "2008-02-21T07:49:55Z")
I like the Bush one. Crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 8:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/funny-bugs-in-m-windows/43792/6 "2008-02-21T08:00:44Z")
1. It’s a reserved name from the days of old. Start Run “mkdir \.\C:\CON” “Ok” Hey look there it is. 1. Odd bug, but other strings along that pattern can do it. 2. [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/212251](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/212251) ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/funny-bugs-in-m-windows/43792/7 "2008-02-21T08:17:05Z")
#2 was BS > **[Bush Hid The Facts - Notepad Conspiracy Claim - Hoax-Slayer](https://www.hoax-slayer.net/bush-hid-the-facts-notepad-conspiracy-claim/)** > > Message claims that the strange result when a Windows Notepad file with the text "Bush hid the facts" is re-opened may represent a deliberate anti-Bush political statement by Microsoft. #1 was already explained. #3, Microsoft knows exactly why it happened. [http://www.guy-sports.com/humor/urban\_myth/urban\_myth\_rand.htm](http://www.guy-sports.com/humor/urban_myth/urban_myth_rand.htm) EDIT: Damn you Fuzzy. I thought you’d be in Guantanamo by now.