Internet Explorer 4.0 Easter Egg revealed

Thanks to Don Adams for the tip: there is a cool Easter Egg in the releaseversion of Internet Explorer 4.0. To find it, open the IE 4.0 Web browserand choose About "Internet Explorer" from the Help menu. The About dialogbox appears. Hold down the

Paul Thurrott

October 13, 1997

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Thanks to Don Adams for the tip: there is a cool Easter Egg in the releaseversion of Internet Explorer 4.0. To find it, open the IE 4.0 Web browserand choose About "Internet Explorer" from the Help menu. The About dialogbox appears. Hold down the Control Key (Ctrl) and click the IE logo in theupper right corner of the dialog. With the Control key down, you can dragit around the dialog box. Drag the IE logo over the globe and then to theright, so that it hits the "Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0" text. If youdo it right, the text will fly off the right side of the dialog, revealinga button labeled "Unlock".

Drop the logo you've been dragging around and click the Unlock button. The globe will start shaking. Now, pick up the logo again (Ctrl-click) and drag the it onto the globe. A new dialog box opens and a scrolling list ofcredits appears. There's some humor in there but you really, really haveto wait to see it. If you're any kind of a geek, you'll sit there for about20 minutes like I did. Enjoy

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Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is senior technical analyst for Windows IT Pro. He writes the SuperSite for Windows, a weekly editorial for Windows IT Pro UPDATE, and a daily Windows news and information newsletter called WinInfo Daily UPDATE.

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