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    Weird Trick for any windows computer O.o
    « on: November 24, 2010, 09:51:53 PM »
    I know this isn't help or support but i just thought to share something i have found out a while ago. Try to make a folder name 'CON'
    A pop-up forces you to change the name by saying "the specified device name is invalid."


    Also, open up Microsoft Office Word (any version) and type this in: =rand (200, 99) and press Enter.
    It makes a 392 page list of copied and pasted paragraphs :o


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    Re: Weird Trick for any windows computer O.o
    « Reply #1 on: November 24, 2010, 10:10:43 PM »
    I know this isn't help or support but i just thought to share something i have found out a while ago. Try to make a folder name 'CON'
    A pop-up forces you to change the name by saying "the specified device name is invalid."

    CON, AUX, COM1, COM2, COM3,COM4, PRN, LPT1,LPT2... etc. Any special DOS device name is a reserved name even today. (for compatibility with older batch files as well as the fact that they have become part of every respectable windows admin's toolkit)

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    Also, open up Microsoft Office Word (any version) and type this in: =rand (200, 99) and press Enter.
    It makes a 392 page list of copied and pasted paragraphs :o

    feature:

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q180685/


    I was trying to dereference Null Pointers before it was cool.