Microsoft Windows and its applications hide some “features” people are normally not aware of.

FEATURE #1

You can NOT create a folder named as “CON” anywhere on the computer. This is something strange, because CON does not seem to be a keyword or reserved word in the operating system. For some reason, it will just not let you do it. Try it yourself.

FEATURE #2

Next, try the following:

1. Open an empty notepad file
2. Type “Bush hid the facts” (without the quotes)
3. Save the file.
4. Close it, and re-open it.

Strange, isn’t it? You cannot see the content you have just saved?

FEATURE #3

1. Open Microsoft Word and type
=rand (5, 10)
2. Press ENTER and see the magic…

At least, this one can really be considered a feature. For example, if you are creating a website and you need blocks of text to populate template pages, you can easily generate a dummy content for that purpose. Furthermore, “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” contains all the letters of the alphabet, so it is used to preview how all the letters look like in your font selection.

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Do you know of some other similar “features” ofMicrosoft products? Speak about them in the comments.

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