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Many of you have probably wondered, "Why the name, Plocmstart???" Well one late night Matt and Beams discovered the Windows Narrator, a program that comes with Windows 2000 to help people with bad vision by "narrating" what is viewed on the screen. This held a little novelty, since our computers were now telling us what was on the screen. But here is the important part... we found what appears to be a BUG! Surprising for a Microsoft product isn't it? Well whenever you run your mouse over the top of a menu you have selected, the Windows narrator will exclaim, "Plocmstart!" Matt and I decided this was some sort of unseen variable that Windows uses, most likely meaning "Pointer LOCation Menu START." The narrator will also exclaim, "Plocmmenuitem!," but this one is a lot less fun, just because we say so. So we found this bug, we decided to make something of it! So here is Plocmstart, here to protect all Windows Narrator users from the wrath of evil and injustice, or maybe just a silly name we discovered late at night....
Another fun thing to do with Windows Narrator - Your Personal Rap Assistant! Later discovered, the Windows Narrator is a hip dude, I mean he can rap the alphabet and all. What you need to do is open the Narrator (holding the Windows key while pressing "u" will do this the quick way), and make sure the box next to "Read typed characters" is checked. Then all you need is the world's best known-program ever, Notepad! Use the Windows Start menu to open notepad, since you will get to hear "Plocmstart" exclaimed a few times by your personal friend, the Narrator. When you get that guy ready to roll, start hitting any of the keys on your keyboard. The Narrator should let you know what you're typing. The next step is to hit the keys with some sort of beat, and maybe hit another key before the narrator is done saying the last one. Don't worry it won't mind! If you get the idea, you can come up with some funky tunes only your mother would love! |
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