5 windows 10 Easter Eggs and Secrets you Can seek Out

Microsoft has a long and entertaining history of hiding easter eggs, secret games and other oddities in its operating systems. Who can forget Hall of Tortured Souls in Microsoft Office in Windows 95, or Pinball in Word 97? Windows 10 isn’t quite as playful as previous iterations, phasing easter eggs out since it began its Trustworthy Computing Initiative in 2002. But there are still a few hidden surprises here and there. Here are our favorite easter eggs and secrets hiding in Windows 10.

1. Doom’s Dedicated Port

It took a few years for the hit first-person shooter Doom to come to Windows platforms, but when it did there was a whole load of fuss about it. The game was called Doom 95, and in a classic bit of banter from the Id Software developers, they assigned 666 as the game’s network port.


Amazingly, port 666 is still assigned to Doom by default in Windows 10 to this day, in honor of the seminal demon-blasting game.

Go to “C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc,” then open the file “services” in Notepad or another text editor, and scroll down until you find Doom.

2. Star Wars CMD Movie

It’s no secret that a lot of software developers are also geeks at heart with an appreciation for sci-fi and fantasy and all things nerdy. Do a bit of digging in Windows 10, and you can stumble upon this quite charming Telnet rendition of Star Wars hidden in the command prompt.

Windows 10 Easter Eggs Secrets Star Wars

Press Win + R on your keyboard to open the Run box, then type “C:\Windows\System32\OptionalFeatures.exe.”

Next, scroll down to the entry that says “Telnet Client,” tick the box next to it and click OK.

Star Wars 1

Press Win + R again, and this time enter the following: telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl.

Now kick back, relax, and enjoy the Telnet rendition of Star Wars Episode IV.

3. God Mode

This one may sound a little more dramatic than it actually is, but God Mode is still a handy feature that displays all of your Control Panel options in one long running list.

Windows 10 Easter Eggs Secrets Control Panel

Simply navigate anywhere on one of your hard drives in File Explorer, create a new folder by right-clicking an empty space and going to “New -> Folder,” then name your folder the following:

GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

You’ll see that the folder instantly turns into a Control Panel icon. Just double-click the icon, and you’ll see all your Control Panel options on display. You may want to change the view option to List or Details for maximum clarity.

4. Hobbits in Windows

Remember what we said about software developers having a penchant for fantasy and sci-fi? Well, this easter egg brings that point home, as there’s a photo of Frodo’s house from the Lord of the Rings movie hidden in Windows 10.

Windows 10 Easter Eggs Secrets Hobbiton

To find it, go to “Settings -> Ease of Access,” then “Closed captions” in the pane one the left.

In the preview box you’ll see an idyllic green hill with a hobbit hole built into it, taken straight from the Lord of the Rings movie!

5. Cortana Games

Windows 10 may have stripped back many of its Easter Eggs, but it goes some way to making up for it by hiding some games in its voice assistant Cortana.

There are a few games you can play with Cortana. You can tell it to “Flip a coin,” which is self explanatory. Then there’s “Rock, Paper, Scissors” as well as a movie trivia game, which is triggered by saying “play the movie game.”

Conclusion

It’s not as huge a selection as in the good old days of Windows, but there’s still a fair bit of fun to be had in Windows 10. Have you found any easter eggs or secrets that we haven’t mentioned here? Let us know in the comments!.

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