And here I am, wondering how microsoft managed to do that.

For anyone wondering, the problem with the user names were this. In Win 98, and many OSs after and before, there were system device files. They were just files that allow programmes to directly access the devices or OS functions.

In Unix, Linux and other *nixs, these files were stored in a dedicated directory ( usually /dev/ )

But DOS allowed them to be accessed from anywhere, and Win 98 inherited that from it.

It looks like that when you login, Win 98 looked at the drive for a folder of the user name.

So when your user name is CON, AUX or host of other 3 letter words, it tries to read that files, gets fed garbage, vomits and dies.
( These files still exists, that is why you can't name a file CON in Windows )

Whats interesting is that they didn't immediately brick the system as I would imagine they'd do.

And here I am, wondering how microsoft managed to do that.

For anyone wondering, the problem with the user names were this. In Win 98, and many OSs after and before, there were system device files. They were just files that allow programmes to directly access the devices or OS functions.

In Unix, Linux and other *nixs, these files were stored in a dedicated directory ( usually /dev/ )

But DOS allowed them to be accessed from anywhere, and Win 98 inherited that from it.

It looks like that when you login, Win 98 looked at the drive for a folder of the user name.

So when your user name is CON, AUX or host of other 3 letter words, it tries to read that files, gets fed garbage, vomits and dies.
( These files still exists, that is why you can't name a file CON in Windows )

Whats interesting is that they *didn't immediately brick* the system as I would imagine they'd do.

Liked for "it gets fed garbage,vomits and dies"

EDIT: Woah i didn't expect a reply to get nearly 30 likes

Quick adjustment is that the files dont actually exist anywhere on the filesystem, those filenames are captured specially by the system and redirected to their functions. Its a inherited feature from DOS 1.0 as it didnt have folders so everything was in the root of the drive. To handle programs made for that early version of DOS on later versions they just made every folder on the drive have the same "special file handling" process

You can name a folder con in Windows 11 but in earlier versions it usually throws errors

@@aashd9245  welp. All of us know we can make folder named "CON" on all windows. But like he said "it Fed garbage, vomit, and dies." .

You mean it right? Windows 98 isn't alive...

@@aashd9245 No, you cant. It is still a reserved name and probably will be until Microsoft decides that keeping compat that far back isn't worth it anymore

@@vistaman1 WSL, UNC, Parted Magic etc. can be used to create con and in Windows 11, you can actually navigate inside the directory while Nul and forbidden chars still throw errors

@@deadair32101 WSL, UNC, Parted Magic etc. can be used to create con and in Windows 11, you can actually navigate inside the directory while Nul and forbidden chars still throw errors

@@aashd9245 you can create the con directory that way in anything from win8 and up probably. you can't create it thru user-friendly stuff(unless you call a cmd\powershell prompt user-friendly(which it isn't)).

@@generallyunimportant Parted Magic is user friendly and should work in earlier versions of Windows

@@aashd9245 you see, this replier here is such a fucking dumbass that he can't understand basic jokes, bc hes a fucking nutDealer

@@generallyunimportant ah yes, nutDealers.

@@aashd9245 It will throw errors windows 11 is the worst even worser in terms of stability than windows 8

@@yuurina5092 I have a folder named con (through wsl) and last I checked I could edit files, view files, create files, delete files etc. all through only explorer. The only thing I didn't use explorer for was creating a folder named con.

If used nicely it is a thing I love in DOS/Windows though, say ECHO Stuff >> COM1 can be used for a quick port test ;) Also the named way of having device paths other than your harddrives was and is there all the time (see how CreateFile API call works nicely for both file and device access). On a side-note, wonder if calling your user "%appdata% or anything from the path defs will brick the OS...

@@TheBypasser Well, UNIXes have that too, don't they?
echo foo >> /dev/fbdev
Or going crazy with it:
cat /dev/random >> /dev/fbdev
They just don't make it available from everywhere and instead provide a releable location to access them ( /dev/ ). The problem was DOS didn't have actually any form of organized director structure for stuff.

Also, I wasn't talking about device access points. I mean, although it is possible to map COM# to a path, it doesn't stop it from being 'omnipresent' XD

@@kavinunethsarakoswattage3516 Well, probably it could be neat if the above shortcuts would share the same scheme as the path vars (e.g. %%), yet having to type less is a good thing to have at the cost of a few filenames that would be barely needed anyway.

@@TheBypasser *at cost of a few security issues and bugs

@@kavinunethsarakoswattage3516 Lol nope :) Say, in Win10 it actually splits keyboard HIDs with vendor endpoints into keyboard and vendor parts, with the former totally inaccessible for the non-OS-side access ;)

if you save a file named CON (try it in a python script for example), it prints the text to terminal, so it's still IMPLEMENTED

They do not exist in newer Windows, you are mistaken on that. Windows uses a user32.dll and other sort of files located in specific places, you can't rename stuff to CON for backwards compatibility .

@@redstonemaster6264 no, you cant, at least with windows 10. try it.


The explaination is that when it reads CON, it reads from the console input, and since console input never ends, it softlocks. Same for port files like COM1, LPT1, etc..

This is probably why the con/con bug makes the system unusable after the bsod. Probably some buffer overflow


i feel bad for the people who nicknamed themselves "con" (short for names like connor or something) and screwed up their pc.

But some windows unallowed using username "CON". But u can still bypass it.

"con" is a rude insult in French. It always make me laugh how english names often use it (like Minecon, Comic-con, etc.) so that in my language it downright means "c*nt" or "bugger".😂😂

@@redstonemaster6264 Wdym? "Con" in my language comes from "cunnus" in Latin, in English it comes from the word "contra" (against). Or even from "connection", "console", etc. in computer science vocabulary.

In other romance languages, "con" rather  means "with", because it comes from latin "cum" (I'm not even joking 😂), meaning "with" too. Their bad word equivalent is "coño" or "conho" if I don't say nonsense.

@@L30NBL4NK uh, yes. 🗿🗿🗿 There's too many language.

@@redstonemaster6264 Right, even if you only count how many languages there are in Africa... It's like 1200. Oh my gosh, this is so much.

@@L30NBL4NK u need a big server to storage all of language.

@@L30NBL4NK con in mine means simply cone lol

in french con is an insult for idiot so i can imagine the french people calling themselves con as idiot and bricking their machines lol

Well, in some places "Conrado" is a popular name.<br>I keep imagine if that Conrado says "woah, i'll put my nickname as my user name". '-'

Well, in some places "Conrado" is a popular name.
I keep imagine if that Conrado says "woah, i'll put my nickname as my user name". '-'

@@redstonemaster6264 it was still allowed when it was like msdos yet, since it’s microsoft networking you could change your name to whatever you want

I'm imagining someone on an early 2000s era tech support forum, who can't figure out why Windows 98 isn't working. Nobody can figure out the problem either, until someone notices the person's forum nickname is "Conway." They ask what they're logging in as, and they respond with "Con"

@@L30NBL4NK "comic-cu*t" now that's funny 🤣

connors are more likely to switch to linux

@@L30NBL4NK <br>Wait, so when Filipinos termed “conyo”… oh my gosh— damn the more I know.

@@L30NBL4NK
Wait, so when Filipinos termed “conyo”… oh my gosh— damn the more I know.

1: CON is a technical name. Not a shortage of a name.<br>2: I actually did that on VirtualBox, and nothing unusual except for some small freezes happened.

1: CON is a technical name. Not a shortage of a name.
2: I actually did that on VirtualBox, and nothing unusual except for some small freezes happened.

@@Mihacappy nice to see the joke completely went over your head

@@L30NBL4NK and in windows systems it means "console output"

once i had an os that crashed because I put "Com2486"

the error code was "7:16PM" lmao

They should have fixed it in a update if that was a thing back then probably not I know more about windows xp and up

Oh that's one of my friend's name lol imagine it happened to him tho XD

In my country(Vietnam),con is used by parent to calling their child of used as the child call themself  when talking to the parents


rest in peace to anyone named connor who decided to use their shorted name in 1998 as their username...

@@BallSniffer2700Error: con is undefined or null.

“hi- <b>the specified device name is invalid</b> -nor”

“hi- *the specified device name is invalid* -nor”


Enderman: uses CON
Windows: nuclear raid siren noises

Enderman: uses CON
Windows: *nuclear raid siren noises*

Enderman: uses CON

Windows: run to sweden

Enderman: uses CON
Windows: *run to sweden*

@@MineHL001 <b>you can't escape the 'explorer.exe is not responding' message</b>

@@MineHL001 *you can't escape the 'explorer.exe is not responding' message*

@@karmatical5837 <b>n e v e r c o u l d , N E V E R W I L L</b>

@@karmatical5837 *n e v e r c o u l d , N E V E R W I L L*

Windows: TACTICAL NUKE INBOUND
Enderman: uses clock$
Windows: (dies)


And don't forget PCs in Windows 98 days and earlier used to have physical locking mechanism with a physical key integrated on the case.

reminds me of google with their key to access your acc


"The worst you can do is login as CON"<br>-Wait a minute...

"The worst you can do is login as CON"
-Wait a minute...


With such behavior of the system, if you happen to log in as "prn", you could have printer start printing garbage, since this device file outputs to default printer, which would be usually on LPT1. In VMware you can assign the virtual parallel port to a file on the host's hard drive. If you use file monitoring feature of Notepad++ on that file, you'll get real time view on what's being sent to virtual parallel port of the running virtual machine.

Pc hates someone that names themselves PRN. Unless If they removed the o.

Is there a similar option in VirtualBox?


can we just appreciate how badass a Windows destruction video is when War Pigs is playing?


Ender: put username "con"<br>The stability of the system: ok bro see ya later

Ender: put username "con"
The stability of the system: ok bro see ya later

i mean it may be "im not coming back" heh

powercy PFP. holy fucking shti im sick and tired of seeing that little shit, it give me PTSD after what happened back in february


Listening to warpigs in the video makes me happy. Thx Enderman!

@@amystery5238 same here! I can’t remember the last time I saw a video with copyrighted music that lasted more than 2 seconds.


finally, after all this time, the legend is back!

Eh he live-streamed a few days ago, but first video in a while

Eh he postd everyday on his secondary channel

Do not celebrate too early after this video he is gonna make another 3 month pause


Damn, Windows 98 is quite the OS, it had easter eggs, bugs, and a way to brick the system


" Now in darkness, world stops turning" or in this case "Now in closing, Windows stops responding" - 4:54


Windows 9x was technically a 16-bit OS carrying a 32 bit layer

As far i know, Windows 9X has 32 bit DOS-compatible kernel, 32 bit drivers, 16 bit compatibility layer for old DOS and Windows 3X apps, based on DOS 7, 32 bit API libraries and 16 bit desktop environment. So it's called hybrid 16/32 bit OS.<br>There was great book "Unauthorized Windows 95" by Andrew Schulman about Win9X internals.

As far i know, Windows 9X has 32 bit DOS-compatible kernel, 32 bit drivers, 16 bit compatibility layer for old DOS and Windows 3X apps, based on DOS 7, 32 bit API libraries and 16 bit desktop environment. So it's called hybrid 16/32 bit OS.
There was great book "Unauthorized Windows 95" by Andrew Schulman about Win9X internals.

Windows 9x is literally an OS on top of DOS. Already bloated.

Other way around. It's a 32-bit kernel, but a lot of the services and software are still 16-bit.

@@camthesaxman3387 yes. Not sure how a 32-bit layer would fit into 16-bit.....

All versions of Windows since 3.0 are 32-bit. Intel 386, XMS, and all that jazz. Windows 95 just added 32-bit userspace and long file name support.

@@IkarusKommt Why the f are you lying? Windows NT 3.1 was the first 32-bit Windows.

@@koopatroopa6882 Windows became 32-bit as soon as 386 was released with its sweet protected mode and real-mode virtualisation, i.e. in the version 2/386.


You're more legend than you realize! As I was watching the video and you logging off as Con for the first time, my own computer decided it was a perfect time for a blue screen! How does that even happen?

This comment reminds me of a moment when my old Android tablet did the same thing but it crashed (abruptly shuts down without anything, just a black screen) when I got an <b>EXTREMELY</b> loud noise coming from it.

This comment reminds me of a moment when my old Android tablet did the same thing but it crashed (abruptly shuts down without anything, just a black screen) when I got an *EXTREMELY* loud noise coming from it.


I FIXED IT! And I think figured out why con is so disastrous.
Theory: Con does what it does because when you log in it writes out a new password list to CON.PWL, which is just con, the text mode terminal, which you can't see the output of in normal mode. But then when you log out it goes to pre-populate "con" as the username so it tries to read CON.PWL, but there's no input waiting on the terminal so it sits there forever waiting for data to be read from CON.PWL.
Kinda-sorta testing the theory: I logged in as con, logged out, rebooted, it always hangs. Now I boot to safe mode, launch regedit, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Network\Logon and see that username is set to con. I changed it to something else and rebooted to normal mode. Now it's fixed!!! What I put instead is now the pre-entered username.

Bonus: If con writes pwl file gibberish to the screen in safe mode, I bet if you had a parallel port printer attached and logged in as prn or lpt1, it would print gibberish, possibly quite a few pages of it if there are any form feed characters in it. Similarly if you had a serial terminal on a serial port and logged in as aux or com1, the gibberish would appear there.

My first encounter with this behavior was in Windows 3.0, trying to save a bitmap as con.bmp.<br>Windows 3.1 prohibits these kinds of names.

My first encounter with this behavior was in Windows 3.0, trying to save a bitmap as con.bmp.
Windows 3.1 prohibits these kinds of names.

@@SnijtraM It's a holdover from the very earliest versions of DOS, before hard disks, before directories, when all files were in the root directories of floppies. You could use commands like COPY LETTER.TXT PRN to print letter.txt or TYPE CON > NOTES.TXT to compose a short text file without getting out a floppy with a proper text editor on it.


You know it's gonna be a good day when this man drops a video explaining how to brick an operating system


Great work! Keep going on finding new bugs and glitches of Windows! I'm so love your Windows experiments content! I so proud when the legend is come back! Enderman, you are deserve millions of views!

🎶😻👍


Huh. This negligent design on Microsoft’s part is so bad that I’m legitimately impressed it shipped in the first place. One of the first things you learn in programming is validating inputs, and yet here we are.

You could legitimately accidentally brick your computer within seconds of turning it on, and all it takes is being named Conner and having the desire to shorten your name.

It's funny how sometimes bugs crop up that are nearly unavoidable for some people but virtually impossible for the developers.

Some Mac systems had an issue where they'd crash when used above a certain latitude. They would try to compute what time the sun sets to automatically adjust brightness. The programmer overlooked the fact that in the extreme North/South, there are days where the sun doesn't set.

It's funny how sometimes bugs crop up that are nearly unavoidable for some people but virtually impossible for the developers.

Some Mac systems had an issue where they'd crash when used above a certain latitude. They would try to compute what time the sun sets to automatically adjust brightness. The programmer overlooked the fact that in the extreme North/South, there are days where the sun _doesn't_ set.


Choice of music is perfect given current situation, good video!


F to anyone who’s name was actually Con and wanted to use windows 9x


war pigs was probably the last song i expect to hear in your videos lmfao


Finally, another Windows experiment video!


Excellent video! It is crazy how flawed were the security and integrity of old OS. And your choice for the music, just amazing what it means!


I hope you’re staying safe in Russia right now, especially during this very difficult time. The Russian people didn’t ask for this situation. You’re really intelligent. I don’t know how old you are, but if you’re fairly young, you’re going to go far in life. You get paid a LOT of money in the west to do IT stuff. Plus, your level of English is really good. You’ll easily survive over on this side of the world.

He was* entered 17 in "wats your age" in a video, his age should around that


just put a brick on your computer, and it is bricked. totally works on anything!11

I was actually going to comment a similar comment like this but still that's funny xd

Bruh lol pc cpu contains gold so it should golded if you wanna make it without anything

yeah and throw a brick at someone and they will be bricked [føřəvęŕ]


I'm floored. The con in the networking login is the hardest I've seen a regular computer flip out without addition of viruses, maybe apart from the windows 1.0 bsod


I remember doing a similar experiment with "con" and managed to perma brick my Win98 vm in VirtualBox. Even deleting the machine and reinstalling Win98 or installing Win95 but upgrading to 98 afterwards does not work. Normal startup make the system hang on boot splash screen and the only way is to boot into Safe Mode.<br>GG Microsoft.

I remember doing a similar experiment with "con" and managed to perma brick my Win98 vm in VirtualBox. Even deleting the machine and reinstalling Win98 or installing Win95 but upgrading to 98 afterwards does not work. Normal startup make the system hang on boot splash screen and the only way is to boot into Safe Mode.
GG Microsoft.


Hey man, I really love these videos you make but you upload every month (sometimes more than 1 video a month) but I really wished you'd upload more frequently. Apart from that, great video!


I appreciate how you didn't make the video 8 minutes to put 2 ads in the video


When the world needed him <br>He came back


In the video, you mentioned Windows 9x doesn’t store “user folders” - in that case what does the “documents” folder point to, and how would individual users store data separately from one another? (aside from just making their own folders / partitions)

On a network.  Not on the local machine.

On a network.  Not on the local machine.

9x stores folders in weird places due to it not really being designed with multi-user in mind. Like the desktop for the local user being stored in C:\WINDOWS\Desktop

Ayo i commented something like this before i see your comment im not bot

@@HAKANKOKCU sounds like something a bot would say

@@deadair32101 but people think copies are made by bots

You need to enable it in the Control Panel. The Registry is always separate for each user, other folders can be shared.


Good to see you back Andrew, hope you are taking rest after all those university stuff
Also, what is the first song in the video? I really loved it. ( You are secretly providing for my playlist )

@@AlexWinExperiments War Pigs by Black Sabbath if you liked it check out the entire album, Paranoid ;) It's legally available on band's official YT channel

BTW there's only one song in the video, the second part is just the outro :P


How to brick windows 98: Step 1: Throw a brick at your windows 98 PC

Step 2: You’re done!

I remember that one game where you literally beat up the pc


At 1:29, did you notice the ampersand you put at the end was missing, and the first period in the ellipsis was underlined instead? I know why that happens, but it's still kind of funny.

For those who don't know: that's a text formatting trick Windows uses for the underlined shortcut keys in menus. An ampersand means "don't actually write an ampersand, but underline the next character". (If you want an ampersand, you need to use two of them.)


Black Sabbath in Enderman video? Least expected twist but FUUUUCK YEEAAH


Wow... Watching Windows 98 in action on 1080p just feels very awkward and unintentionally satisfying.


Black Sabbath's War Pigs? I see you're a man of taste.


Thanks for teaching us how to brick our old windows 98


Con's the most interesting, never thought it could write trash data onto the screen in non-text mode


I can’t believe you’re playing War Pigs. That’s a good song!


1:32 the glitch was so strong even the video glitched


I remember when I bricked a windows 98 computer at an arcade because I tried to play RCT2. Everyone there thought this was funny instead of annoying.


Enderman: Uses CON as a username
Windows 98: "I've had fun but now I really gotta go" dies

Enderman: *Uses CON as a username*
Windows 98: "I've had fun but now I really gotta go" *dies*


Thank you so much! I have a dentist appointment today, so this will come in handy!


so now i know why windows users fear the Console or should i say, Terminal in linux distros =P <br>Nah jokes aside great video !! windows 98 was amazing back in the day... i loved to use it when i was younger

so now i know why windows users fear the Console or should i say, Terminal in linux distros =P
Nah jokes aside great video !! windows 98 was amazing back in the day... i loved to use it when i was younger


when the world needed him the most he came back


Ayyy fucking up windows 98 with black Sabbath!


Finally the Microsoft legend youtuber is back!


1:33 Windows: naw ima try to end your recording


Your videos were and still are amazing, but please, I beg you to use the old techno music you used in the "good old days". I love this type of music and a lot of other people feel the same way.<br>Much love from switzerland

Your videos were and still are amazing, but please, I beg you to use the old techno music you used in the "good old days". I love this type of music and a lot of other people feel the same way.
Much love from switzerland

I enjoy the edm too but I assume theres a big reason why he chose this song in particular.

@@harmonicposting Yeah that can be possible. But if there is no actual reason I would really like the old music

NOOO, aguante el rock y aguante argentina 💙🇦🇷🇦🇷


Perfect music timing for each log in, window open and other stuff


In windows NT versions "con" is a folder that gives a specific error that other folders don't do that are named restricted names.


Was not expecting to hear Black Sabbath in one of your videos, pleasant surprise. (I listen to a little of everything so I dont really care what genre you use lol) (edit: its also pretty cool that the song and video length lined up perfectly, that had to be intentional lol)


6:30 It looks like a corruption which is pretty fun to watch


polish brick wall isn't real it can't hurt you<br>polish brick wall:

polish brick wall isn't real it can't hurt you
polish brick wall:


Oh I hated that logon when I was younger. When my brother and I were in dispute and I did not want him to use MY computer (he took his one with him before he moved out to his gf), I created a program in VB6 which requested a diskette with a specific file and put that in RUN_ONCE in the registry. When the program was running, the system stopped to load further on and he couldn't access anything. If he tried to close the tool, the system instantly shut down. Was a fun tine with Win98!

I have a custom BIOS that asks for a password. Said password is encrypted, you have to enter the key to even decrypt the password. Both are 32 character long fully random strings. My drive is also encrypted with yet another key you have to enter.

I doubt anyone is getting into my computer.

I have a custom BIOS that asks for a password. Said password is encrypted, you have to enter the key to even decrypt the password. Both are 32 character long fully random strings. My drive is *also* encrypted with yet another key you have to enter.

I doubt anyone is getting into my computer.

@@nikkiofthevalley how do you get the password thats random? smh


Fact:the con can be used in the "Run" utility to manually cause a blue screen (con/con). Never knew that it could do that if used as a username!


Aint including copywrited music gonna get your channel shutdown. Good song by the way.


Is it just me or is your video renderer acting up? I keep seeing artifiacts throughout the video that don't go away upon reloading.
Highlights 1:31, 1:33, 5:38

same, its the second time that it happens with his videos

he wrote in the description that this is his editing program messed up

@@TheDanikReals I didn't notice that. Thanks for pointing that out!


enderman: ill try to be a weekly guy
doesn't post for a month

enderman: ill try to be a weekly guy
*doesn't post for a month*


Wow. Instead of the usual music you use for these videos, you had the balls to risk your channel's safety by using War Pigs.

That is fucking awesome.


Wasn't expecting to hear War Pigs in a video like this, hell yeah


Hello, is there a possibility that you could add Filmora 11 or 9 to your Database? If not, thats alright, ill use sony vegas.


War Pigs was a great song choice. It slaps HARD.


6:40 lmao the music matches so well with the destruction


Just watching a video from a guy (who normally steals grass blocks in Minecraft) trying some 'bugs' on Windows 98.


Ah yes<br>He's back, no need to worry anymore :3

Ah yes
He's back, no need to worry anymore :3


Interesting, but MUCH appreciated song choice!


Haven't heard this song in years still so relevant, great video!


The fact you used Black Sabbath, boy that makes me happy. Good music choice.


Computer: stop
Enderman: no
Computer: STOP!
Enderman: NO!
Computer: stop...
Enderman: NOOOOO!!!


Ah yes, breaking windows to War Pigs, this is what humanity was made for.


You actually can enable local accounts with user folders. Control panel>Passwords>Store individual user settings or whatever


You can always set windows logon as default network:P


POV: your name was auxit (my friends name is auxit) and they ripped up their pc just because of calling himself aux. I’m not joking he did that 💀


my man just made Windows 98 speak Enchanting Table dude


I wannna note how well the lyrics of the background song match up with the stuff happening in the video. Dang.


I was hoping you would type in con, and boy, it did not disappoint.


Pls stop taking my netherite block, it took forever to get it


I’m just wondering why Windows 98 doesn’t check for forbidden names??


War Pigs/Luke's Wall
Paranoid
Black Sabbath, +1970, Metal
Guitar Hero II (WaveGroup Cover); Rock Band DLC (WaveGroup Cover-different mix)


Me when my favorite tech youtuber uploads


He get back when the world needed him the most!

the heck is wrong with that grammar? everything!


Enderman: uses CON<br>Windows 98: crashes


I like tecnology. And I'm liking to watch enderman. Enderman is a legend!


Damn it, if I just knew this back in 98 would have been a nice prank at school 😁

Though there was a so much better hardware thing back then with the PSU that we could change the voltage, I switched one without no one watching and then when other person turned the PC ON it went KABOOM with a loud bang😉😁😎


Instructions unclear
Accidentally upgraded to Windows 11

Edit: Seems like con has messed with your edition software, maybe is time for a change


Is anyone gonna talk about that air raid siren sound in a part of the song


I can't be the only one to notice the music choice (listen to the lyrics) after the tweet ender put out on twitter on the 24th.


Some dude doing this in 1999:
- Bruh . I think i will do a clean install of Windows then.

Some dude doing this in 1999:
- *Bruh* . I think i will do a clean install of Windows then.


I love it when Windows 98 gets destroyed lol<br>And you sir got a nice taste in music. I grew up on Black Sabboth 🎸👍

I love it when Windows 98 gets destroyed lol
And you sir got a nice taste in music. I grew up on Black Sabboth 🎸👍


Hello! Hello to everyone watching this from the premiere rewind!


Came for the video. Stayed for the music.


Good video! I'm watching this on my tablet and it is good!<br>Pog if it gets pinned even thought I know it won't.

Good video! I'm watching this on my tablet and it is good!
Pog if it gets pinned even thought I know it won't.

Video called "How to brick windows 98". typo maybe


I just installed 98 windows on the old site where the installation was mounted to take advantage of games that matter what it was like 20 years back


The legend is back bois he wasn't upload for a month


In 1998-1999 I bricked a Windows 98 machine with those names.
Re-installing it doesn't help or wipe the folder/file named con.
It's bricked.
Time to buy a new PC.


My new  100000000 dollar pc

Creates a profile called con*

Win98: Prepare to die


if its built like this, why are there user accounts? to deter people


I'm surprised that he's able to use copyrighted music without his video being taken down...

Most of the time if you use copyrighted music, you just get a ContentID claim. That means that all the profit you make from your video is forwarded to whoever owns the music.

@@Povilaz You're right, as long as you don't use any copyrighted VIDEO content over 5 seconds long.


does Netflix work for you? because you once said you were from Russia


I’m sure this works in Windows 95 and Me as well.


Microsoft: i dont fear anything
 but that thing...
con
... it scares me

Microsoft: i dont fear anything
 but that thing...
*con*
... it scares me


"This program performed an illegal operation and will be shut down"

now they went as far as calling their own apps illegal💀

"This program performed an *illegal* operation and will be shut down"

now they went as far as calling their own apps illegal💀


Fun Fact:My 2 favorite mobs are the Enderman and the Creeper


This video deserves a like even if it's just because you played Black Sabbath


remember: use windows 95. or do you have to?


Привет, Эндермен!

Привет, Эндермен!


Imagine someone called Conner and broke his pc after setup😂😂😂


imagine if someones named con in real life and they put thier name there


Connects to Internet
studio : Hello CO-
(Disconnected)

*Connects to Internet*
studio : Hello CO-
(Disconnected)


Can you do a video to resolve the problems you cause


Black Sabbath, I see you are a man of culture as well


YES, FINALLY LEGEND CAM BACK FROM THE DEAD


i remember trying to name a folder "con" and windows gave me an error and reset the folder name


hi enderman, sorry for disturbing u . what is  the files passwords for softwares in ur website ?


Windows 98 stores user files or something in windows directory


Interesting that the thumbnail implies typing a ton of regular keyboard symbols bricks 98, yet the worst it does is just be inconvenient<br>Yet con, for understandable reasons, bricks the computer

Interesting that the thumbnail implies typing a ton of regular keyboard symbols bricks 98, yet the worst it does is just be inconvenient
Yet con, for understandable reasons, bricks the computer


How did you created your site? (Sorry for the english but i'm italian)


His editing software messed up, make sure to read desc.


New video idea: Changing Windows 10 first bootup words to saying<br>"We hope your computer crashes in less than half a seconds. :)"

New video idea: Changing Windows 10 first bootup words to saying
"We hope your computer crashes in less than half a seconds. :)"


Its actualy looks like Windows 98 become suicidal boy and start cut himself. No jokes.


referring to the editing software issue, i think endermanch is doing some kind of an arg?<br>might be digging too far tho

referring to the editing software issue, i think endermanch is doing some kind of an arg?
might be digging too far tho


I hear a bunch of angry Greek men yelling at their computers in 1998


0:38 My heart started beating faster bc of the music lol


Instructions unclear<br>Accidentally turned every pc in a 98 kilometer radius that uses windows into concrete blocks

Instructions unclear
Accidentally turned every pc in a 98 kilometer radius that uses windows into concrete blocks


imagine the luck of somebody called connor or something like that


the fact at a bit earlier after 1:36 the text glitches out


Hes finally back in a month in the year 2022!


in every windows prior to xp, if you run "dir /con/con" without the " you get a bsod


Windows 98 was not Conan the barbarian friendly


How did Rhodez became mod in our topchat?


imagine typing your name as "prn" while having your printer connected... it would print unicode symbols


And There you have it! MW98 Fully Bricked


i didn't know that windows 98 didn't have a user account folders<br>how strange

i didn't know that windows 98 didn't have a user account folders
how strange


The video is glitchier than me trying to glitch my dad back with milk


6:46 when you put the light mode on in discord


I hate youtube, i didnt get notification


Enter password network is NOT the same with enter account password

Back then networking and local account are difference concept, yes you can log in into local account even without a password

But when you need access to server, this is blocking you


hello welcome to todays how to, <br>today well be breaking our computer from 1998

hello welcome to todays how to,
today well be breaking our computer from 1998


LOL I heard the background song on the radio today


Windows98 was like the perfect OS ever, if they would atleast fix that fucking block of color in the shortcut names on the desktop ...


Somebody finally remembered their google password.


<b>Is there gonna be wallpaper on the bricks? They dont look good</b>

*Is there gonna be wallpaper on the bricks? They dont look good*


If you don't need an user account to use your pc then it makes windows 9x less secure from unauthorized access


am i the only one wondering how he’s not getting demolished by copyright for using a black sabbath song?


You can write a 3-byte program that freezes Windows 98:
cli
jmp $

(FA EB FE in hexadecimal)


This made me realise how easy it is to destroy Windows 98, especially by a regular user.

There are little to no protections for anything file-wise until ME so all it takes is looking at a file the wrong way sometimes to cause 9x to go byebye

@@tredI9100 NT wasn't always the most stable, but it was definitely better than the DOS-based ones on average in that department

Meh, It ain't as easy as using rm -rf /*

@@jackbrowns469 dont forget --no-perserve-root

Just naming yourself "con" destroys windows 98


Endermanch.
Hello. I can fix PC problems and like to watch your videos.
I have read the description, and you should try reinstalling your editor from uninstall tool so nothing is left behind
And reinstall it.
If doesn't work, reply me here
Looking forward to help out (:

It's likely nothing to do with the particular install. Most of the major video editing suites just really suck at stability because when you borderline have a triopoly, who is going to hold you to anything

@@deadair32101 Software can be an issue.

@@im_windowsdabest1981 Believe me, you could freshly install some of these programs and still immediately run into issues. The software being trash is the issue, not a issue with the install

@@deadair32101 True! yes that can be the problem.<br>I advice also to try on a VM because I do believe this could also be the problem with DLLs wtc

@@deadair32101 True! yes that can be the problem.
I advice also to try on a VM because I do believe this could also be the problem with DLLs wtc


tbh i've never seen a bootup startup menu in versions before XP before, i'm curious at what version they started putting that in

Dunno if it was the first, but Windows 3.1 had a simple chime as the default login sound. Windows 95 expanded on that with a few second long bit of piano music.


Me when commenting while video plays:
I  W  A N T  T H I S .
Me after watching this completely to end:
I DONT WANT THAT!

Me when commenting while video plays:
*I  W  A N T  T H I S .*
Me after watching this completely to end:
I DONT WANT THAT!


Andrew: I will try to become a weekly guy<br>Also Andrew:

Andrew: I will try to become a weekly guy
Also Andrew:


Did you name the editor project file as "con"?


Hi, are you still able to go to youtube with that war going on?


Let's pray you don't get a copyright strike, man..


Hey Andrew!<br>You still have your discord server? I really want to join it

Hey Andrew!
You still have your discord server? I really want to join it


Can you make Q & A Section please Enderman please.


sheesh that windows 98 glitched the video 1:32


what are these bugs in this video when logging off?


off all songs for this video, why War Pigs? its a fantastic song but you're bricking Windows 98 here, feels a bit odd


oh so he did name the user con. i was late to the premiere but i couldve guessed


How the frick can you play a copyrighted song on YouTube that’s not fair how do you get away with it


Have you ever heard of “CON”? It kills the computer whenever you try to log in with it

Maybe he should do a video about that...


I LOVE to BRICK Windows !!!!
It's my hobby to BRICK it!!

I LOVE to *BRICK* Windows !!!!
It's my hobby to *BRICK* it!!


7:33  WARNING! Sound like windows has cancer


The video has some glitching starting from 1:30


I've commented this on one of you past videos and I'm gonna post it again. Heidoc is a great service in which you can download windows 7,8 and 10 iso's for personal use or for vms. If you co sider this, it could be a huge step for your website.

I'm all about piracy, don't get me wrong; but wouldn't that be risky to have up on a little indie website? D:

@@brokenrobot2004 idk but I use it all the time and it's perfect


So this is what linux users mean when they say that windows is easy to brick.


I am making a fan windows system on scratch, and i found out i can corrupt the system font while the system boots


BUILD THAT BRICK WALL! BUILD THAT BRICK WALL


Windows 98 al oír "con"
Un error a ocurrido reinicie el sistema
El boot:
Tu sistema esta muerto -- Bill Gates


Yooo Enderman! How you been? But most importantly Where you been! Haha!


Wait i you’re Russian.. Ok Well im happy you’re back :)


Hello! can you help me? I can't install Windows 98 SE in VMware... I have "an illegal operation..." you know. And I cant install it


My video suggestion, Start Menu programs extracted from Windows NT 4.0 & 2000 in Windows XP.

Tip, some of the ones even from NT 3.1 work just fine on Windows 10 x64, notably Paintbrush and Calculator. They look and work the same as the versions in Windows 3.1, but are 32 bit which is vital here since 64 bit Windows can't run 16 bit programs. You don't even need to install NT to get them either, since you can just find the compressed PBRUSH.EX_ on the install media, extract it with 7zip and then run it.


Notice the song in the background, Russian citizens (Enderman is Russian) don't like the war either


Is Windows Me going to make more breakage?


No thanks, My 2017 pc which is Windows 10 have done this & now 2017 pc died


Playing War Pigs to protest the Russian-Ukrainian war, that's based af.


The fun fact is « con » literaly means  « dumb » in french haha

So if you insult windows 98, it takes revenge.

@@bobzi_xd nah it just wont let you use it anymore.


Your best bet for security is a linux OS with luks, tbh


you mean put a brick in windows 98 head?


Funny how it can’t handle a three letter word


How to brick windows 98? Wait that's a challenge?


Alternative title: how to break Windows 98


Ah yes, how to turn windows 98 into a brick


His editing software messed up, make sure to read desc.

@@bluescreenofdeath7176 No im pointing out how it looked kinda in sync with the win98 glitches.


I can brick Windows 98 just by restarting after installing Internet <b>flashes back to Windows Protection Error</b>

I can brick Windows 98 just by restarting after installing Internet *flashes back to Windows Protection Error*


I Brick Windows 98 When I Got Windows 98


I did this once to the high school library and the whole place shit down. They didn't know what to do. Had techs running in the halls like a crisis was happening. People talked about it for weeks at the lunch tables.

And thats just by typing 3 letters and clicking a button.


Why in 1:31 there's an glitch in video fix this @enderman

@Михаил Агарков same

@Михаил Агарков same

Congratulations ender noticed you 2 weeks ago


Anyways I did this
So I desided to do it on windows 11
I did it then my computer threatened to scream at me


6:28 Explosion Of Computer (Mprexe Not Responding)


Nothing to see here.<br>All these are features of Windows 98.

Nothing to see here.
All these are features of Windows 98.


I would uh get GRAPES if I have a GRAPES


2:28 now it's Windows, not M$ Networking. Weird.


i know how to recover windows after using con. go into safe mode and make a new user, then boot back in.


Why need that when you got Black Sabbath?


How do you feel about the Russian invasion of Ukraine?


Farting at it the wrong way can brick Windows 98


Dang this guy time traveled to future to get win 98 we still only have win 11

Don't say it's even before win xp ik it it's just a joke

He did travel in the future alerady. He used win 2000.


You just found this out in March 2022, lol


I think I saw this before on a livestream


take good care of yourself, the situation between your country and Ukraine is still tense.🙏


This song kinda sounds like a (air raid) siren.


If anyone wants to make a folder called con, make a new folder, call it con and then hold alt and type 255 on the number pad, it will then make a blank space and you can press enter its pretty funny


before you get mad, I just gotta say that I know people still call it BIOS because they're used to it, and that you should not be judged by what you call it


Plz do the "how to brick windows 7 ultimate".


dont do this on a real pc do it on vmware only


Pls do how to brick windows xp if u find out how (which u probably will know)


Con in french means dummy, a dumb person :p great to see that a dummy can break windows entirely :p


Hey enderman can i get the iso for windows xp


You can destroy Windows 98 by plugging an USB


try to run mrs.major on official Windows 11 by microsoft (3.0 got shutdown btw) If it wll not work try some conmands and we will see the magic isn't a bad idea?


1:31 is it my computer or is it glitching for you too?

It's not just you; for a second I thought my computer was having an aneurysm.

@@ComputersVirtualMachinesAndMor i wonder why


Hi i know this video is not about steam or something related but i want to tell how steam Big picture almost killed My gamer PC

So i was in steam Big picture and the i pressed the turn off button and turned off my PC and after that i tried to turn it no but after loading it was just a black pantle, i reseted it many times and it goed black always then i turned off the electricity and turned it on again and when it started it said "Diagnosing your PC" after that i went to the recovery pantle and asked me to restart, i restarted and guess what

It went back to normal

Thanks for reading


There are some corruptions in the vid, reupload it

Did you read the desc.??? his editing Software is messed up during editing, read it properly


Video idea: what happens if you login as system32?

It will work just fine lol. Also win 98 uses system as the system directory.


<b>puts brick and writes Windows 98 on the brick</b> Done!

*puts brick and writes Windows 98 on the brick* Done!


hey, what di you think about the russian war?

That's a pretty obvious question, most of the civilians are not proud of it; it's only the president that is...


I don't know why but bricking and destroying windows is fun

Depends if its on real hardware and not. And its a lot worse when its the family computer.


i gave you my virus on twitter why dident you make a video about my virus plz make it i like your videos


Simpler way to do this is just to  smash your pc with a brick and it will be bricked


I thought it said how to kick windows 98


Think I must be a super user as you had to go to a lot of effort to break windows 98 where as I only ever had to just use it normally for a short period of time 😂😂


enderman, try to login in with NUL username, NUL means nothing 😁


funny prank to pull on friends

or at least it was in 1998


dumbass. bricking a system is basically ruining a system. theres things like soft bricks(a bit harmless), normal bricks (harmful), and hard bricks (impossible to stop).


Please try corrupt ntuser in windows with hxd


How to brick Windows 98: install it on Ryzen VM


idea, somehow getting the console output in ancient windows.

@@deadair32101 Not quite what I meant, I mean getting to see what windows is doing behind the scenes while it's running. kinda like a verbose mode.


Would I really want to brick it, though?

well yeah maybe if you are bored as frick


I use VMware too!

(completely useless comment. just want to know is it good (also I destroyed windows vista))


That reminds me of Ukraine DOS Virus on Windows 98.


Your from russia so do you support ukrain


(And if it works) mind upgrade this system


puts name as con

Connor from DBH: software instability ⬆

*puts name as con*

Connor from DBH: software instability ⬆


Note: Professional only. Do not attempt to brick Windows.


I hope you do not believe the lies your govt. is telling you, but even if there was an intranet, you prob have a vpn already. Stay safe.


привет, можешь снять видео про dll файлы?
<br>Я же написал это с переводчиком

привет, можешь снять видео про dll файлы?
Я же написал это с переводчиком

bro you dont need a translator he understands english


“How to brick windows 98”<br>We’re bricking windows 98?

“How to brick windows 98”
We’re bricking windows 98?


I wonder why u choose „War Pigs” for a song. слава україні!


/watch?v=1kRCTuoV9sI&t=91s woah what is happening


does that mean you didnt even have to enter a password to login? Lol

yes, you can just press escape or click cancel

@@ubahnboydoesrandomstuff win 98 did not have users.

@@SOTP. oh so you just typed in any user and just hop in?

@@SOTP. it is kinda unsecure cuz attackers may hop in easily without entering anything just a random username cuz you cant even create user accounts and might just infect the pc deleting a few important flies and folders ya know

@@ubahnboydoesrandomstuff yeah. Thats how it was.


Nice but wt kinda wack ass much is this lol


Tengo que pasar a YouTube premin suscribirme en los virus pagar membresías por favor discúlpenme los problemas causados a veces no sé si empeora la situación o es lo contrario etc.etc. que tal lío grasis a los benefactores es que me animo a seguir por ahora solo nesecito tiempo y voy a ser algo entendí algo no leo escribo ni hablo inglés pero por lo que veo algo me doy cuenta me despido hasta pronto.


спасибо я почти получил инсульт за такую музыку в начале так я в Украйне


@@ThatRandomToast (Don't mind this im just asking that guy)


Microsoft definitely screwed up Windows Profile's in the old days.
Press the like button if you agree...
👇


is siren a way to trigger ukrainian people?


U need t test that in Win10 plz: https://youtu.be/sE9FEwimBSI


Explorer has performed an illegal operation and will now be shot dead.


With Putin censoring even more of the Internet, will you even be able to upload?


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Everybody! The C: drive is a virus on every pc! Type del c:/ in cmd to delete it