XP Secrets

Easter Eggs (Definition) - A hidden message or feature in an application. This guide covers the undocumented and hidden features in Windows XP. All of the following were tested in Windows XP only.

Notes - This is not a performance related guide, use the Optimize XP Guide to improve system performance and the Diagnose XP Guide to troubleshoot a system problem.

Application Secrets 

 Defrag

Secret - Hidden Command Line Switch
Instructions - Go to \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Start\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Run\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" and Type defrag c: -b to defragment the Boot and Application Prefetch information.

Notes - Windows XP will run this automatically every three days or so, during system idle periods. BootVis will evoke this when you run the \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Optimize System\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" function. There is no need to manually run this unless you wish to immediately optimize a newly installed application\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s load time.


 IExpress

Secret - Hidden Install Creator
Instructions - Go to Start, Run, type iexpress - Source

Notes - IExpress is a technology designed to simplify creation of a setup program. Using the step-by-step IExpress Wizard, you can create self-extracting files that automatically run the setup program contained inside. The setup program can be an .inf file or an executable program. IExpress technology automatically removes the setup files after installation, saving the user time and frustration.


 Netmeeting

Secret - Hidden Internet Conference Application
Instructions - Go to Start, Run, type conf - Source

Notes - Windows XP is the last version of Microsoft Windows to include NetMeeting. NetMeeting delivers a complete Internet conferencing solution for all Windows users with multi-point data conferencing, text chat, whiteboard, and file transfer, as well as point-to-point audio and video.


 Notepad

Secret - Create a Log File
Instructions - Launch Notepad, Type .LOG on the first line, and then press Enter to move to the next line. On the File menu, click Save As, type a descriptive name for your file in the File name box, and then click OK. When you next open the file, note that the date and time have been appended to the end of the log, immediately preceding the place where new text can be added. You can use this functionality to automatically add the current date and time to each log entry. - Source


 Paint

Secret - Image Trails
Instructions - Open an image and hold down Shift then drag the image around to create an image trail.

Secret - 10x Zoom
Instructions - Open an image and select the magnifying glass icon. Left-Click exactly on the line below the 8x.


 Private Character Editor

Secret - Hidden Font Editor
Instructions - Go to Start, Run, type eudcedit - Source

Notes - You can use Private Character Editor to create unique letters and logos for your font library.


 Windows Media Player 6.4

Secret - Hidden Windows Media Player
Instructions - Go to Start, Run, type mplayer2 - Source

Notes - Windows Media Player 6.4 (Classic) is installed along with Windows Media Player 7. The only update is that it now supports the latest codecs.

Game Secrets

 FreeCell

Secret - Instant Win
Instructions - Hold down Ctrl + Shift + F10 during game play. Then you will be asked if you want to Abort, Retry or Ignore. Choose Abort, then move any card to instantly win.

Secret - Hidden Game Modes
Instructions - In the \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Game\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" menu choose \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Select Game\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". Enter -1 or -2 to activate the hidden game modes.


 Hearts

Secret - Show All Cards
Instructions - Edit this registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\Software\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\Microsoft\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\Windows\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\CurrentVersion\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\Applets\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\Hearts and create a new String value named ZB with a Data value of 42. Start Hearts and Press Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F12 to show all the cards.

Background - This secret is a reference to Douglas Adams\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' book the Hitch Hiker\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Guide to the Galaxy. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'ZB\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' is the initials of the character Zaphod Beeblebrox, the Galactic President. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'42\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' is the answer to The Ultimate Question Of Life, the Universe and Everything.


 Minesweeper

Secret - Reveal Mines
Instructions - Minimize or close all running applications. Launch Minesweeper, then type xyzzy. Next hold down either shift key for one second. Now when you move the mouse cursor over a Minesweeper square you will see a tiny white pixel in the top left corner of your desktop screen. This pixel will change to black when your mouse moves over a mine. You may need to change you desktop background to a solid color other then white or black to see the pixel.

Secret - Stop Timer
Instructions - Launch Minesweeper and start a game so the timer starts counting, then press the Windows Key + D to show the desktop. Now when you select minesweeper from the taskbar you can continue playing with the timer stopped.


 Pinball

Secret - Extra Balls
Instructions - Type 1max at the start of a new ball to get extra balls.

Secret - Gravity Well
Instructions - Type gmax at the start of a new game to activate the Gravity Well.

Secret - Instant Promotion
Instructions - Type rmax at the start of a new game to go up in ranks.

Secret - Skill Shot
Instructions - Launch the ball partially up the chute past the third yellow light bar so it falls back down to get 75,000 points. There are six yellow light bars that are worth a varying amount of points:

First: 15,000 points
Second: 30,000 points
Third: 75,000 points
Fourth: 30,000 points
Fifth: 15,000 points
Sixth: 7,500 points

Secret - Test Mode
Instructions - Type hidden test at the start of a new ball to activate Test Mode. No notification will be given that this is activated but you can now left-click the mouse button and drag the ball around. While in test mode press the following keys for more secrets:

H - Get a 1,000,000,000 High Score
M - Shows the amount of system memory
R - Increases your rank in game
Y - Shows the Frames/sec rate

Secret - Unlimited Balls
Instructions - Type bmax at the start of a new ball. No notification will be given that this is activated but when a ball is lost a new ball will appear from the yellow wormhole indefinitely. Once this is activated you will be unable to activate other secrets without restarting the game.


 Solitaire

Secret - Instant Win
Instructions - Press Alt + Shift + 2 during game play to instantly win.

Secret - Draw single cards in a Draw Three game
Instructions - Hold down CTRL + ALT + SHIFT while drawing a new card. Instead of drawing three cards you will only draw one.

XP的秘密

彩蛋(定义)——应用程序中的隐藏信息或特性。这份指南涵盖了Windows XP中无资料记载的和隐藏的特性。以下所有内容仅在Windows Xp中经过测试。

注意-这不是一份关于性能的指南，请参阅 优化xp指南 以提高性能，参阅 诊断XP指南 以排除系统故障。

应用程序秘密

磁盘碎片整理

秘密-隐藏的命令行参数

操作说明-点击开始菜单，运行，键入defrag c: -b 来整理引导和应用程序的预读信息。

注意-Windows XP 每3天，或在系统空闲时都会会自动运行一次这一程序。当你运行BootVis(译者注：一种启动加速软件)的"优化系统"功能时也会调用这一程序。除非在你希望立刻优化新安装应用程序的载入时间。

IExpress

秘密-隐藏的安装程序创建工具

操作说明-点击开始菜单，运行，键入iexpress

注意-IExpress是一项用以简化创建安装程序的技术．使用渐进式的IExpress向导程序，你可以创建自动运行内部安装程序的自解压文件。安装程序可以是一个.inf文件也可以是一个可执行程序。IExpress技术会在安装后自动删除配置文件，节省用户的时间和烦恼。

Netmeeting

秘密-隐藏的安装程序创建工具

操作说明-点击开始菜单，运行，键入conf

注意-Windows XP 是最后一个包含NetMeeting的微软Windows版本。NetMeeting为所有Windows用户提供了一套完整的Internet会议的解决方案，包括了多点数据会议，文字聊天，白板和文件传输，当然还有点对点音频及视频。

记事本

秘密-创建log文件

操作说明-启动记事本，在第一行键入.LOG，然后按回车键移到下一行。在文件菜单上点击另存为，键入一个文件名，然后点击确定。当你下一次打开这一文件时，会注意到日期和实践被添加到日志的末尾，并会立即排到在新添加的文本之前。你可以利用这一功能自动为每个日志条目添加日期和时间。

画图

秘密-图形轨迹

操作说明-打开一个图形文件，按下SHIFT键然后拖拽图形即可创建一个图形的轨迹

秘密-10倍放大

操作说明-打开一个图形文件然后选择放大镜图标。左键准确地点击击8X下方的横线。

个人字符编辑器

秘密-隐藏的字体编辑器

操作说明-点击开始菜单，运行，键入educedit

注意-你可以利用个人字符编辑器为你的字库创建独特的字符和标志。

Windows 媒体播放器 6.4

秘密-隐藏的Windows媒体播放器

操作说明-点击开始菜单，运行，键入mplayer2

注意-Windows 媒体播放器 6.4（经典）随Windows 媒体播放器 7.0一同安装。唯一的更新是其支持最近的编码。

游戏的秘密

空当接龙

秘密-立刻胜利

操作说明-在游戏进行时按下Ctrl+Shift+F10。你将会被问询是否放弃，重试或忽略。选择忽略，然后移动任意牌即可胜利。

秘密-隐藏游戏模式

操作说明-在"游戏"菜单中选择"选择游戏"。键入-1或-2可激活隐藏的游戏模式。

红心大战

秘密-显示所有牌

操作说明-编辑这一注册表键值:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Hearts 并创建一个新字符串值，名称为ZB,数据值为42。开始红心大战然后按Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F12 可显示所有牌。

背景-这一秘密来自Douglas Adams'的书<<银河系漫游指南>>(the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy). "ZB" 是书中人物银河系总统 Zaphod Beeblebrox的首字母。"42"是关于生命，宇宙及一切的终极问题的答案。

扫雷

秘密-显示地雷

操作说明-最小化或关闭所有运行的程序。启动扫雷，输入xyzzy。然后按下任意一个shfit键1秒钟。当你移动鼠标指针到一个方块时，在你桌面的左上角可看见一个很小的白色像素点。当你移动到有雷的方块时，这个像素点会变为黑色。你可能需要将桌面背景改为单色以便观察这一像素。

秘密-停止计时

操作说明-启动扫雷开始游戏则计时器开始计时，然后按Windows键+D显示桌面。当你从任务栏选择扫雷继续游戏时计时将停止。

3D弹珠

秘密-额外的弹珠

操作说明-在新的一局开始时输入1max获取额外的弹珠。

秘密-重力势阱

操作说明-在新的一局开始时输入gmax激活重力势阱。

秘密-立刻升级

操作说明-在新的一局开始时输入rmax可升级。

秘密-技巧弹射

操作说明-在发射时将球弹过第三个黄灯的横条，它将会落下并获取75000分。总共有6个黄灯横条，代表了不同的分值：

第1个：15000分

第2个：30000分

第3个：75000分

第4个：30000分

第5个：15000分

第6个：7500分

秘密-测试模式

操作说明-在新的一局开始时输入hidden test可激活测试模式。这一过程不会有任何提示，不过你可以按下鼠标左键随意移动弹珠。在测试模式中按下列按键还有有更多秘密：

H-获得1000000000高分记录

M-显示系统内存容量

R-提升等级

Y-显示每秒帧率

秘密-无限弹珠

操作说明-在新的一局开始时输入bmax。这一过程不会有任何提示，不过每当失去一个弹珠时，会有一个新的弹珠从黄色虫洞里出现。当激活这一秘籍时，在重新启动游戏前将无法使用其他秘籍。

纸牌

秘密-立刻获胜

操作说明-游戏时按Alt+Shift+2可立刻获胜

秘密-在每次翻3张牌的游戏中每次翻1张牌

操作说明-按在翻新牌时，按下Ctrl+Alt+Shift你将只翻1张牌而不是3张。