Computer pranks

[Theophany]

Set the keyboard language to American (subtle, yet infuriating).

Apple have been doing this particular 'prank' for years...

 

[mranderson]

Change the Internet Explorer shortcut to point to c:\windows\system32\shutdown.exe -s -t:5 -c "byeeee"
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Nice one

 

[estebanrey]

And you didn't get fired...?

No, I did tell them before they went to the people they thought the e-mail had come from. But in any case the people I were spoofing (including bosses) are jokers anyway so would have probably just laughed.

 

[estebanrey]

Change the Internet Explorer shortcut to point to c:\windows\system32\shutdown.exe -s -t:5 -c "byeeee"

Doesn't [appear to] work with Windows 7

 

[Maccapacca]

Mitre mate their mouse to the desk

 

[tedaC]

try this, slightly edited version

c:\windows\system32\shutdown.exe /s /f /t 5 /c "byeeee"

 

[mistercrabb]

Doesn't [appear to] work with Windows 7

My bad, typed it wrong.
C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe -s -t 5 -c "Bye Bye"

Change -t 5 to something like -t 60 and you can thne cancel it from cmd with shutdown.exe -a

 

[estebanrey]

Cheers that worked.

I changed it to....

C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe -s -t 5 -c "Porn Site Clicked, PC To Shut Down & IT Informed"

, oh and of course I changed the icon to match the internet explorer one.

 

[Disco Boy]

Ctrl+alt+down-arrow

 

[mranderson]

Cheers that worked.

I changed it to....

C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe -s -t 5 -c "Porn Site Clicked, PC To Shut Down & IT Informed"

, oh and of course I changed the icon to match the internet explorer one.

Exaclty my thought

 

[mrbios]

Cheers that worked.

I changed it to....

C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe -s -t 5 -c "Porn Site Clicked, PC To Shut Down & IT Informed"

, oh and of course I changed the icon to match the internet explorer one.

ha never thought to do this before, just remotely changed my colleagues google chrome icon for one that pops up with the message "SYNTAX ERROR 0x7c" and gives him a 30 second shutdown

Good things is he may not click it again until 2 weeks time as we're off for 2 weeks, by which time i'll have forgotten all about it making it all the funnier

 

[Tackle_Berry]

I rearranged my colleagues keycaps to spell his name (Andy) on a new keyboard I setup for him, for a while he believed it was actually a new layout.

 

[mistercrabb]

Oh, on the subject of keyboards, remap the caps lock key (or any other rarely pressed key) to hibernate through the registry!

 

[NealR]

Using a small piece of black tape, put over the optical/laser sensor of mouse... then unplug it

The confusion hits when they find its not plugged in, plugs it in, then still not working.

Did it to a work colleague, and they went asking for a new mouse....

 

[DoneADougalOnSofa]

Record the Pulp Fiction "Ezekiel 25:17" spiel by Samuel L Jackson, and crop all of it bar the gunshots at the end.
Set as Windows welcome sound, and leave the speakers cranked right up.
Simple, but very effective...

 

[DoneADougalOnSofa]

Set up dual-screen with the next PC along in a computer-room, but leave the monitor off. Every time the user opens a file, it will pop up on the 'off' screen, causing much consternation- they'll end up with two dozen copies of the same file or program open before someone figures it out.

 

[gillywibble]

Good thread.

 

[mattyfez]

Create batch file to launch hundreds/thousands of instances of calc.exe

Place in start up folder of victim.

Wait...

 

[Antar Bolaeisk]

Ctrl+alt+down-arrow

I don't think they work anymore except on some of the intel onboard gpus.

 

[gigeorge]

I miss netsend.