[Archive c 17.03.2008] Humour [Archive to 28.04.2012] - page 195

 

Why does this happen? Only this way in notepad. Akel and Wordpad open normally. Is this a trick in the notepad or in the operating system?

 
Richie:

Why does this happen? Only this way in notepad. Akel and Wordpad open normally. Is this a trick in the notepad or in the operating system?


Perhaps you need to disassemble the notebook to find out...
 
a list of GUIDs in Windows 7. By adding any of these GUIDs to a folder name with a ". (dot), you will be able to configure a particular area of the operating system. Example name: Folder.{xxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxx-xxxxxxx}

Identifiers and a description of their functions:

-{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}- full list of configurable parameters (Windows GodMode);
-{00C6D95F-329C-409a-81D7-C46C66EA7F33}- access to GPS settings;
-{0142e4d0-fb7a-11dc-ba4a-000ffe7ab428}- access to biometric device settings;
-{025A5937-A6BE-4686-A844-36FE4BEC8B6D}- access to Windows power settings;
-{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}- access to taskbar settings;
-{1206F5F1-0569-412C-8FEC-3204630DFB70}- access the credentials settings;
-{15eae92e-f17a-4431-9f28-805e482dafd4}- installation of software via network;
-{17cd9488-1228-4b2f-88ce-4298e93e0966}- default software selection;
-{1D2680C9-0E2A-469d-B787-065558BC7D43}- access to libraries in use;
-{1FA9085F-25A2-489B-85D4-86326EEDCD87}- wireless network management;
-{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}- view LAN devices;
-{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}- My Computer folder mode;
-{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}- access to printer settings;
-{241D7C96-F8BF-4F85-B01F-E2B043341A4B}- access to RemoteDesktop connections;
-{4026492F-2F69-46B8-B9BF-5654FC07E423}- access to firewall settings;
-{78F3955E-3B90-4184-BD14-5397C15F1EFC}- access to PC performance settings.

These identifiers act as shortcuts and do not harm the operating system in any way!


Not quite enough humour, but now that we're talking about codes :-)

 

In Windows you cannot create a file or folder called Con, Bill Gates had a nickname as a child, Con for nerd.

 
That's right, Richie. I didn't make it.
 
Richie:

Why does this happen? Only this way in notepad. Akel and Wordpad open normally. Is this a trick in the notepad or in the operating system?


The API is the trick. More precisely, it's how encoding is recognized - unicode/non-unicode.

Notice that the number of "squares" is exactly half the number of characters in the original phrase ;)

 

Squares are a misinterpretation ))

 
Richie:

In Windows you cannot create a file or folder called Con, Bill Gates had a nickname as a child, Con the Nerd.

FAR created such a folder with no problem, but Explorer refused to delete it, saying "Cannot find file".

Yep. Another dope from M$.

 

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Richie:

In Windows you can't create a file or folder called Con, Bill Gates had a nickname as a child, Con for nerd.

aha, as well as

PRN AUX LPT1 and a few others :)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/74496/en-us