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So yeah, this post probably seems a bit juvenile and Nintendosbooger or whatever his name is will probably have an aneurysm over it, but I'm looking for simple keyboard pranks to pull on my co-worker's computers. Lately sticky keys and the old screen flip have been making appearances, but I need some new ammo! Any ideas? And please nothing that would escalate to IT!
 
Favre4435 said:
So yeah, this post probably seems a bit juvenile and Nintendosbooger or whatever his name is will probably have an aneurysm over it, but I'm looking for simple keyboard pranks to pull on my co-worker's computers. Lately sticky keys and the old screen flip have been making appearances, but I need some new ammo! Any ideas? And please nothing that would escalate to IT!
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We always do the mouse trick to new employees even though it's lame.

Get a couple usb extension cords and run a mouse to one of their spare slots. Then when they're trying to work (copy and pasting works best), just start jiggling the mouse around and clicking a little. It will work indefinitely if you can keep a straight face.
 
Baker said:
We always do the mouse trick to new employees even though it's lame.

Get a couple usb extension cords and run a mouse to one of their spare slots. Then when they're trying to work (copy and pasting works best), just start jiggling the mouse around and clicking a little. It will work indefinitely if you can keep a straight face.
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BobFromPikeCreek said:
Pull out and switch the keys themselves.
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Depending on where you work, that might not even bother the person. Hell, I probably wouldn't even notice.

I've known where all the keys are since Sticky Bear Typing, plus our workplace is so fucking dirty, I try to not look at my desk much.
 
Baker said:
Depending on where you work, that might not even bother the person. Hell, I probably wouldn't even notice.

I've known where all the keys are since Sticky Bear Typing, plus our workplace is so fucking dirty, I try to not look at my desk much.
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It's more just because it pisses them off because they have to fix it. I guess you have to do the same amount of work to set up the prank, so I deem my own prank a fail.
 
If they're using Word, alter the auto correct options so whenever they type "the" it comes out as "penishead" or something

But yeah, probably wears off after school.
 
You can change your display name (effectively the email address) in Outlook. Then you can send emails from your "supervisor" telling him/her they can go home early or whatever.
 
Ctrl-Alt-Up - right side up

Ctrl-Alt-Right - 90 degrees

Ctrl-Alt-Down - 180 degrees

Ctrl-Alt-Left - 270 degrees

(If that doesn’t work, try Ctrl-Shift-R)

:D
 
At college back in the day we used to have all the computers on desks back to back. We'd switch the keyboards. Once they start typing and nothing comes up on the screen they usually start hitting the keys harder before seeking help. It's at that point where you start typing crap like:

"Ouch! stop hitting my keys so hard!"

Another good one is to pry up the spacebar and pad out underneath with screwed up paper. It remains spongy enough to feel like it's working but resultsinsomethinglikethis. Always a giggle.
 
change their start menu/quick launch shortcuts to open other programs. Not all of them, just some of the ones they use regularly.
 
McBacon said:
If they're using Word, alter the auto correct options so whenever they type "the" it comes out as "penishead" or something

But yeah, probably wears off after school.
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I always think these ones work best when they are subtle. Like changing the to teh, just simple one character typos because then they don't notice the autocorrect so quickly and just think they typed it wrong.
 
claviertekky said:
changing ms word autocorrect misspellings dictionary to curse words
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I did this to a college friend of mine on the last day before we had to move out of the dorms, only it wasn't curse words; every time he typed "the" or "and" or "or" it would auto correct with messages about spending less time playing his favorite MMO. Anyway, I never got to see the fruits of my labor because the next day we went home for summer break.

Fast forward 3 months in mid August, and I get out of a movie and receive a call from a mutual friend of ours who tells me that my friend who I had played the prank on was freaking out and thought someone was hacking his computer. He then had his mom order extra firewall protection or some crap because it made him all paranoid.

Suffice it to say, I laughed for such a long time.
 
if they have an optical/laser mouse, tape over the lens so movement doesn't track. Quick, easy and simple. If it's a ball mouse don't bother taking the ball out, it's just plain obvious without the extra weight.
 
Pour water in their keyboard!

LOL!
 
xBerserker said:
Ctrl-Alt-Up - right side up

Ctrl-Alt-Right - 90 degrees

Ctrl-Alt-Down - 180 degrees

Ctrl-Alt-Left - 270 degrees

(If that doesn’t work, try Ctrl-Shift-R)

:D
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:lol :lol :lol :lol

You, my friend, are my new favorite person. I am going to screw with so many people with this.

:lol :lol :lol :lol
 
xBerserker said:
Ctrl-Alt-Up - right side up

Ctrl-Alt-Right - 90 degrees

Ctrl-Alt-Down - 180 degrees

Ctrl-Alt-Left - 270 degrees

(If that doesn’t work, try Ctrl-Shift-R)

:D
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? Doesn't work. crtrl-shift-r registers as ctrl-r which refreshes the page. The others do nothing.
 
Armitage said:
Take a screenshot of their desktop, set it as the wallpaper and then delete all the icons.
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That one is awesome! :lol

We usually pull this prank where when one of our co-workers is gone, we pull up David Hasselhoff or Bob Saget or whatever as their wallpaper.
 
Armitage said:
Take a screenshot of their desktop, set it as the wallpaper and then delete all the icons.
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you don't even have to do that. Right click -> "Arrange Icons by" -> uncheck "show desktop icons". Make sure you hide the start bar too.
 
Take a dump on their laptop then close the lid. The damage is irreversible. No matter how hard they scrub there will always poo-particles in the keyboard.
 
Get one of those envelope sealer things and rub the wet stuff all over their keyboard. Then right when they look your way quickly zip up your pants.
 
Armitage said:
Take a screenshot of their desktop, set it as the wallpaper and then delete all the icons.
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That's brilliant, also auto-hide the taskbar as an added bonus.

edit: actually nm, just hide it period! Oh shit I am so doing this to someone on Monday.
 
Screenshot of desktop variant;

change their wallpaper to some annoying variant (hassle the hoff for example), take a screenshot of the entire desktop with the new background.

Set that as the new background.

Then lock their computer; push the login box to the very far bottom right hand side so that it's only a single pixel.

Recenter the mouse and walk away.
 
Can't believe so many of you haven't heard of the desktop wallpaper trick...I thought this board was full of nerds!

WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!?!
 
Armitage said:
Take a screenshot of their desktop, set it as the wallpaper and then delete all the icons.
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This. You can't believe how much this screws with them... add a BSOD screensaver for more hilarity.
 
Yeah...the only problem with that screensaver is that you know...it goes away when you touch anything.

...but it sure is hell is great against people with no arms!
 
RubxQub said:
Can't believe so many of you haven't heard of the desktop wallpaper trick...I thought this board was full of nerds!

WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!?!
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Yeah, the first time I did it to someone it was of my own thinking, but I was positive I wasn't the first person to think of such a simple trick. The results were fantastic though, my friend went three days with it set like that and told me he was thinking about reformatting because his PC was acting strange. So I finally showed him what I did, good long running prank.
 
Forget keyboard tricks and hit them where it really hurts; their internet connection.

Get some of that clear plastic wrap and put it over the end of the ethernet connector of your target. Plug the ethernet into the wall (With the plastic over it) and tear off the excess. It will take them a while to figure out what is wrong.

You can redirect website links to funny sites via their properties...that's always some simple fun.

We wrote a batch file to make computers play that "Make it go WOO WOOOOO" mp3 in the background; took the boss a while to figure out why his computer was doing it every 30 minutes.
 
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