Fun Tips and Tricks

Freecell Cheat

Start Freecell.

1. Hold down Ctrl + Shift + F10 together.
2. A dialog box shows up with 4 choices: Abort, Win, Retry or Cancel.
3. Click Abort and move (drag) any card to the top to win the game.
UPDATES:
1. Check this other FreeCell cheat, courtesy of Ari Lintula (ari.lintula@dlc.fi):
"Start a game. If you have moved a wrong card, quickly press F10 before clicking another card. It's the Undo button."
2. To sort all cards by color and in:
- ascending order: click Game -> click Select Game (hit F3) -> click Yes to cancel game in progress -> type -1 -> click OK.
- descending order: click Game -> click Select Game (hit F3) -> click Yes to cancel game in progress -> type -2 -> click OK.

Hearts

This Egg works ONLY with the Windows 95 and 98 releases of Microsoft Hearts. (Mshearts.exe).
1. Run Regedit.exe (the Win9x Registry editor, located in your Win9x folder) and go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Applets\Hearts
2. In the right hand pane add a new String and name it "zb" (no quotes).
3. Give it a value of 42.
4. Now run Mshearts.exe and during gameplay press Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F12 the same time.
5. Have fun! 

Solitaire

Start Solitaire.
In turn 3 cards over mode, you can turn over only one card at a time by holding down Ctrl+Alt+Shift
5. Have fun! 

Minesweeper tips tricks cheat

Start Minesweeper.
After starting the game, type xyzzy and press Shift and Enter at the same time. Move the mouse over the playing area and keep your eye on the upper left corner of the Windows desktop. A white pixel will appear when the mouse pointer is over a safe square, and turn dark when the mouse is over a mine. 

Outlook Express Easter Eggs

1. Click the Compose Message toolbar button.
2. Select Format -> Rich Text (HTML) from the menu.
3. Click on the body of the message. Select the font box, and type "athena" (without quotation marks).
4. Press Enter.
5. Close the Compose Message window.
6. Go back to the main Outlook Express window.
7. Select the Outlook Express icon, above inbox, on the left-hand side.
8. Click on an empty space between, for example, Read mail and Read News.
9. Type about. This will launch a little surprise."

Laughing dancing baby

You have just got to have a look at this. This is a variation of the old dancing baby, but this time you control the baby with your mouse.

If you have children, they are just going to love this, just as you will.
Make sure you have your speakers turned on, you will laugh for ages.

Laughing Baby