I mentioned before, I'm pretty bad at Minesweeper.
But, I'm a sucker, so I play it occasionally anyway, and like to win sometimes. So I cheat. And here's how.
Start up a new game of Minesweeper and type the non-word 'xyzzy' (without the quotes) and hit shift+enter. Now, when your mouse is hovering over a square that's OK to click, the pixel in the top left corner of your monitor will turn white. It'll turn black if there's a mine under there. And by 'monitor' I really do mean the far upper-left corner of your actual screen, not the Minesweeper window.
Now, armed with this knowledge, I'd like to see you fail, no matter how ludicrous the challenge.