If one wanted to?

PatBateman · 15 Jul 2007 at 19:04

Say that someone wanted to goose a working computer without doing any physical damage - what would be the easiest way?

4T5 · 15 Jul 2007 at 19:11

Take a screenshot of the Desktop & copy & paste it & stick it back on the screen.
Watch the operator click the icons = Mucho Fun

MikeHunt79 · 15 Jul 2007 at 19:18

Force flash the BIOS with corrupt firmware?

m4cc45 · 15 Jul 2007 at 19:22

Blue Screen of Death screen saver - set it to respond to keystrokes only and remove the keyboard.

Kept me giggling for hours.

M.

GraemeUK · 15 Jul 2007 at 19:42

Do this its sooooo funny:

OK download one of the following pics of a cracked LCD screen - choose the appropriate res for the monitor

http://www.fontblog.de/C1413545161/E1863918477/Media/CrackedScreen800x600.jpg
http://www.fontblog.de/C1413545161/E1863918477/Media/CrackedScreen1024x640.jpg
http://www.fontblog.de/C1413545161/E1863918477/Media/CrackedScreen1024x768.jpg
http://www.fontblog.de/C1413545161/E1863918477/Media/CrackedScreen1152x720.jpg
http://www.fontblog.de/C1413545161/E1863918477/Media/CrackedScreen1440x900.jpg

Then open it up in windows image & fax viewer. Press F11 to go into full screen mode and pause the slide show (if it starts).

Then unplug the mouse and keyboard at the back.

Result = very worried pc owner

Burnsy2023 · 15 Jul 2007 at 19:57

Delete the fonts folder and restart?

Burnsy

gareth170 · 15 Jul 2007 at 20:41

disconnect the main power plug from the motherboard or disconnect the 4 pin 12v power plug from the motherboard .

Burnsy2023 · 15 Jul 2007 at 20:45

MikeHunt79 said:
Force flash the BIOS with corrupt firmware?

Surely that's physical damage?

Burnsy

gareth170 · 15 Jul 2007 at 20:49

burnsy2023 said:
Surely that's physical damage?

Burnsy

depends on what make of motherboard it is..

but yes it can be physical damage..

ASUS motherboards as CrashFree BIOS

ASUS CrashFree BIOS3
The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 allows users to restore corrupted BIOS data from a USB flash disk containing the BIOS file. This utility saves users the cost and hassle of buying a replacement BIOS chip.

marc2003 · 15 Jul 2007 at 20:58

install vista on it. then it will be well and truly buggered.... :rolleyes:

well someone had to. i'm surprised no one else has already.

gareth170 · 15 Jul 2007 at 21:03

marc2003 said:
install vista on it. then it will be well and truly buggered....

well someone had to. i'm surprised no one else has already.

just in his luck it would work perfectly on that computer.. lol

Energize · 15 Jul 2007 at 21:14

GraemeUK said:
Do this its sooooo funny:

OK download one of the following pics of a cracked LCD screen - choose the appropriate res for the monitor

http://www.fontblog.de/C1413545161/E1863918477/Media/CrackedScreen800x600.jpg
http://www.fontblog.de/C1413545161/E1863918477/Media/CrackedScreen1024x640.jpg
http://www.fontblog.de/C1413545161/E1863918477/Media/CrackedScreen1024x768.jpg
http://www.fontblog.de/C1413545161/E1863918477/Media/CrackedScreen1152x720.jpg
http://www.fontblog.de/C1413545161/E1863918477/Media/CrackedScreen1440x900.jpg

Then open it up in windows image & fax viewer. Press F11 to go into full screen mode and pause the slide show (if it starts).

Then unplug the mouse and keyboard at the back.

Result = very worried pc owner

Links don't appear to work.

GraemeUK · 15 Jul 2007 at 21:16

Energize said:
Links don't appear to work.

They were working, just google for cracked LCD screen they are hosted in lots of places

PatBateman · 15 Jul 2007 at 21:21

what if you say wanted to go further and make the computer inoperable. ie delete files, but not leave any trace and make it look like a hardware crash?

Duke · 15 Jul 2007 at 21:31

marc2003 said:
install vista on it. then it will be well and truly buggered....

Or if you were really evil.. Windows ME

james.miller · 15 Jul 2007 at 21:37

is there a way to shut down the explorere process with a batch file? that would be a good one to put in the startup folder

gareth170 · 15 Jul 2007 at 21:42

james.miller said:
is there a way to shut down the explorere process with a batch file? that would be a good one to put in the startup folder

http://aumha.org/win4/a/shutcut.php

put C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL32.EXE user,exitwindows in a batch file. then add the batch file to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

marc2003 · 15 Jul 2007 at 21:43

james.miller said:
is there a way to shut down the explorere process with a batch file? that would be a good one to put in the startup folder

you could do using a command line tool. however you could just as easily prevent it from starting in the first place using regedit. just look at

HKLM\software\microsoft\windows nt\current version\winlogon\shell

change the value so it's blank or maybe change it to cmd.exe and they get a command prompt as the interface instead.

GraemeUK · 15 Jul 2007 at 21:55

Why anway? Fraudulent warrant/insurance claim?

PatBateman · 15 Jul 2007 at 22:03

just wondered - in case any one p****s me off at work