ATOM Posted May 14, 2013 Report Posted May 14, 2013 [size=5][b][color=#FF8C00]MAGIC #1[/color][/b] [color=#333333]An Indian found that nobody can create a FOLDER anywhere on the Computer which can be named as "CON". This is something funny and inexplicable… At Microsoft the whole Team, couldn't answer why this happened![/color] [color=#333333]TRY IT NOW, IT WILL NOT CREATE A "CON" FOLDER[/color] [color=#FF8C00][b]MAGIC #2[/b][/color] [color=#333333]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. Noticed the weird bug? No one can explain![/color] [color=#FF8C00][b]MAGIC #3[/b][/color] [color=#333333]Again this is something funny and can't be explained… 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 And see the magic…..![/color][/size]
sigsegv Posted May 14, 2013 Report Posted May 14, 2013 [b]Detailed Analysis[/b] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=4]According to this rather breathless little message, which circulates via email and online, it is not possible to create a folder named "CON" on a Microsoft Windows based computer. The message claims that not even Bill Gates or the whole Microsoft "Team" can explain why this might be so.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=4]It is in fact perfectly true that you cannot create a folder named "CON", nor can you rename an existing folder to "CON". However, there is no mystery surrounding this restriction whatsoever. The "team" at Microsoft, and a great many others besides, know perfectly well why you cannot name a folder "CON". "CON" and a number of other character strings are in fact reserved names that go back to the days of DOS and cannot be used to name folders or files. Other reserved names are:[/size][/font][/color][list] [*]PRN [*]AUX [*]NUL [*]LPT1 [*]COM1 [*]Potential drive letter - A: to Z: [*]A number of others [/list] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=4]If you try to name a folder using one of these reserved names, the name will automatically revert to the default, generally "New Folder".[/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=4]Depending on exactly how you save the file, you may instead receive a warning message advising that a file with that name already exists. However, even if you choose "Yes" to overwrite the existing file, you will still not be allowed to save the file.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=4]It should be noted that, by entering the right sequence of commands via the command prompt, it is usually possible to circumvent the restriction in Windows and create a folder using a reserved name. However, this may cause other problems and is not advisable, especially for more inexperienced users.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=4]While there is no mystery about this issue, it might have saved user confusion if Windows displayed an explanatory error message when attempting to create a folder with a reserved name as well.[/size][/font][/color] [url="http://www.hoax-slayer.com/con-folder-name.shtml"]http://www.hoax-slayer.com/con-folder-name.shtml[/url]
moviefan Posted May 14, 2013 Report Posted May 14, 2013 [quote name='sigsegv' timestamp='1368504693' post='1303747216'] [b]Detailed Analysis[/b] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=4]According to this rather breathless little message, which circulates via email and online, it is not possible to create a folder named "CON" on a Microsoft Windows based computer. The message claims that not even Bill Gates or the whole Microsoft "Team" can explain why this might be so.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=4]It is in fact perfectly true that you cannot create a folder named "CON", nor can you rename an existing folder to "CON". However, there is no mystery surrounding this restriction whatsoever. The "team" at Microsoft, and a great many others besides, know perfectly well why you cannot name a folder "CON". "CON" and a number of other character strings are in fact reserved names that go back to the days of DOS and cannot be used to name folders or files. Other reserved names are:[/size][/font][/color][list] [*]PRN [*]AUX [*]NUL [*]LPT1 [*]COM1 [*]Potential drive letter - A: to Z: [*]A number of others [/list] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=4]If you try to name a folder using one of these reserved names, the name will automatically revert to the default, generally "New Folder".[/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=4]Depending on exactly how you save the file, you may instead receive a warning message advising that a file with that name already exists. However, even if you choose "Yes" to overwrite the existing file, you will still not be allowed to save the file.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=4]It should be noted that, by entering the right sequence of commands via the command prompt, it is usually possible to circumvent the restriction in Windows and create a folder using a reserved name. However, this may cause other problems and is not advisable, especially for more inexperienced users.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=4]While there is no mystery about this issue, it might have saved user confusion if Windows displayed an explanatory error message when attempting to create a folder with a reserved name as well.[/size][/font][/color] [url="http://www.hoax-slayer.com/con-folder-name.shtml"]http://www.hoax-slay...lder-name.shtml[/url] [/quote] GP !!!
Sourav_Dada Posted May 14, 2013 Report Posted May 14, 2013 As explained by microsoft before...CON is a reserve word for console. To avoid the potential confusion between the Device file system and the Folder, windows does not allow to create that folder name. Not only Con i guess all the reserve words used by the older DOS system may not be used as folder names. Bush hid the facts microsoft rectified that problem. Now you can type that phrase save it and do whatever you can and it opens right back with the same contents you saved. I don't know about the third question. Anybody who could address that?
Jammy Posted May 14, 2013 Report Posted May 14, 2013 [quote name='Sourav_Dada' timestamp='1368505152' post='1303747247'] As explained by microsoft before...CON is a reserve word for console. To avoid the potential confusion between the Device file system and the Folder, windows does not allow to create that folder name. Not only Con i guess all the reserve words used by the older DOS system may not be used as folder names. Bush hid the facts microsoft rectified that problem. Now you can type that phrase save it and do whatever you can and it opens right back with the same contents you saved. I don't know about the third question. Anybody who could address that? [/quote] The third one is intentional as well. This sample text is used for testing. [url="http://support.microsoft.com/?id=212251"]http://support.microsoft.com/?id=212251[/url]
maddy4u Posted May 14, 2013 Report Posted May 14, 2013 erd di try cheysthe result illa vundi The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ella oka 246 pages vachindi...
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ATOM Posted May 14, 2013 Author Report Posted May 14, 2013 [quote name='sigsegv' timestamp='1368504693' post='1303747216'] [b]Detailed Analysis[/b] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=4]According to this rather breathless little message, which circulates via email and online, it is not possible to create a folder named "CON" on a Microsoft Windows based computer. The message claims that not even Bill Gates or the whole Microsoft "Team" can explain why this might be so.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=4]It is in fact perfectly true that you cannot create a folder named "CON", nor can you rename an existing folder to "CON". However, there is no mystery surrounding this restriction whatsoever. The "team" at Microsoft, and a great many others besides, know perfectly well why you cannot name a folder "CON". "CON" and a number of other character strings are in fact reserved names that go back to the days of DOS and cannot be used to name folders or files. Other reserved names are:[/size][/font][/color][list] [*]PRN [*]AUX [*]NUL [*]LPT1 [*]COM1 [*]Potential drive letter - A: to Z: [*]A number of others [/list] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=4]If you try to name a folder using one of these reserved names, the name will automatically revert to the default, generally "New Folder".[/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=4]Depending on exactly how you save the file, you may instead receive a warning message advising that a file with that name already exists. However, even if you choose "Yes" to overwrite the existing file, you will still not be allowed to save the file.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=4]It should be noted that, by entering the right sequence of commands via the command prompt, it is usually possible to circumvent the restriction in Windows and create a folder using a reserved name. However, this may cause other problems and is not advisable, especially for more inexperienced users.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=4]While there is no mystery about this issue, it might have saved user confusion if Windows displayed an explanatory error message when attempting to create a folder with a reserved name as well.[/size][/font][/color] [url="http://www.hoax-slayer.com/con-folder-name.shtml"]http://www.hoax-slay...lder-name.shtml[/url] [/quote]
rikki Posted May 14, 2013 Report Posted May 14, 2013 bullsh!t dude these are way sillier than the word silly..
ATOM Posted May 14, 2013 Author Report Posted May 14, 2013 [quote name='Sourav_Dada' timestamp='1368505152' post='1303747247'] As explained by microsoft before...CON is a reserve word for console. To avoid the potential confusion between the Device file system and the Folder, windows does not allow to create that folder name. Not only Con i guess all the reserve words used by the older DOS system may not be used as folder names. [color=#ff0000]Bush hid the facts microsoft rectified that problem. Now you can type that phrase save it and do whatever you can and it opens right back with the same contents you saved.[/color] I don't know about the third question. Anybody who could address that? [/quote] yes it seems to be fixed .... i tried the 3rd one ...when after hitting ENTER - it typed almost 884 pages is that still a bug ??
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