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- Slackwise, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Heh, he forgot that on XP you can just right click the desktop and select: "Arrange Icons By" --> "Show Desktop Icons" to hide all the desktop icons. Probably Win2K as well. It's better than moving peoples icons around.
Even better is to hide the taskbar, or kill explorer.exe in the Task Manager. The desktop will still appear but nothing will work.
Ok, I'm marking this "lame" because even I could think of better pranks. :P - butlershouse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Almost as good as just choosing to add a keyboard shortcut ( usually Shift T ) and making it rotate the screen image 180degrees . Most modern Xp environments let you do this.
- battybattybatt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Better, safer, and smarter pranks:
Switch the keyboard keys (physically) N with M or C with V or the BEST is the < with > !!! Oh yeah - that last one really will screw with an asholprogrammer's head for quite a while. "Why wont these file extensions work????"
Remap the keyboard. But, first make a backup of the primary code page. Rename the pranked one to the current page, then when a "smart" IT guy comes in to fix, it doesnt get fixed, unless he works for me and then knows after that result to re-install that part from the OS disk.
Do the same soft switch with the Gamma profile, then delete the "new" profile so when checked, theproifiles list will be blank - as if never used. Quite confusing. So basically you change the gamma so that the colors are just a little "off".
Change the screen refresh rate to something that looks like a subtle flicker - 77Hz is fun in a flourescent lit office - your victim will be rubbing their eyes all morning long, and after about an hour will proabably have to lie down until the headache goes away - but you, the real headache, will still be there, doubled over in pain fron the laugh-ta.
And please, let's be a little more creative with the Word templates please - remember to save Normal.dot to Normal.dop (Simpson reference incl), then start Word - normal.dot will be recreated. Now make it so that the lower case o comes out as a subscript 0 (which looks very close to a lower case o). This simple little trick will drive an Excel guru to the local pub real quick! Or the l to a | less one font size! This one is also a real fun one when debugging code!
Come on people, get on the ball and be creative! - JesseJ, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2just add a unclickable 'porn' folder to your friends desktop using the same methods.
My friend (girl) always has one folder like that on her desktop. - Slackwise, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Indeed. How hard is it to press WinKey+L to lock it before you walk off?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I got suspended from school for doing this. >:(
I'm not kidding, either. It went on my permanent record as "hacking". (this was back in 1999) - Ryetronics, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1My friend of mine will always go into people's MS Word and have it autocorrect "the" into "the friggin". It subtle but damn funny.
Also, when someone leaves their computer open with an IM client running, start randomly clicking on people who are online and type "i miss your touch" or "hold me" or anything else to make them look stupid. - leboff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It works much better on Library computers, like at a school. That way hundreds of people use it a day.
- VSLOATHE, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Most of us geeks - being network administrators and other people of position (the only REALLY important people in a company), could probably figure out a way to do it remotely, rather than having to wait until someone is away.
- the_penguin_boy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The best one is to get a wireless keyboard and mouse, plug it into his computer, and then sit in the next cubicle down and open Word and start typing messages like "Wake up, Neo."
Or if you want to just screw two people at the same time and not have to do anything yourself, get two sets of wireless keyboards and mice, plug them into two separate computers, and then switch the keyboards and mice. Throughout the day when they go on break, switch them back and forth again.
Or just switch the keyboards but not the mice, that way one person will be in word and the other guy will open ie, and next thing you know the first guy will be wondering why word is coming up with a bunch of porn sites. :P - Spathiinc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1who leaves their computer unlocked anyway?
- the_penguin_boy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Another good one is when you visit a doctor's office and they have you in the waiting room for hours, bring a Linux Live cd and put it in the computer so next time he reboots... *evil cackle*
- zachg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1In the mac lab at high school we used to replace alerts with text--instead of bing, or floom when something is done downloading you can make the computer say something like, "a computer is meant for looking at pornography." It works great with the volume turned up.
Or if you have a p.c. just use prerecorded audio files and replace alerts with them.
The possibilities are almost endless. - Novion76, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Snow one is creative, but if you want to get fired, this is certainly the way to go.
Anti-digg - einfeldt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This made me laugh until the snot was running down my nose. Oops, too much information again. Dang.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I once edited someone's autoexec.bat file and put in:
@echo off
echo This computer has a virus. You must format it now!
:loop
goto loop
^Z
And the person later formatted their computer. It was really funny, reminds me of these office jokes. - Kyjibo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0perfect for the labs at school +digg
- fishgeekva, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i'm gona try this out at school.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0While in a meeting the host had his laptop plugged into the conference room projector. Spotting his IM online I quickly logged out of IM from my laptop and change my name to: Your requested p0rn files have finished downloading. They are located in C:My p0rnwhips-n-chains.
Then I logged back in to see the pop up on the projector. Got allot of laughs and an intereting email from my mother. - nstern2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Meh I like to use computer management to randomly eject the CD tray on unsuspecting coworkers and as an added bonus you can do it remotely.
- Cyberdactyl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Any co worker who puts baloney in my phone reciever is gonna find a shank in the base of their neck.
- creepyman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I tried one joke with great results a few years ago. Set it up on the pm's machine. Tony little program, set to run once on bootup, every 30 seconds it would toggle the caps lock. He thought he was being hacked and deleted his C: drive when trying to block access. I happened to wander over there when he had the pc tech trying to figure out why it wouldn't boot. Found out later what he'd done when he admitted it in a meeting. I still giggle to myself about it. If he's simply rebooted his machine, it wouldn't have loaded again.
Just goes to show that some bosses have just enough knowledge to get themselves in trouble. - Xoligy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0oldest trick in the book.
- nymphetamine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0ha, "It burns when I pee". thats a good one.
- Olle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Hahaha...
I love the " Office-Wide Memo Mayhem" one. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Wow. I think this could be digg's ride the dolphin
- firehydra2k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0excellent....
- battybattybatt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"...Indeed. How hard is it to press WinKey+L to lock it before you walk off?..."
Maybe Because WinKey+L doesnt work on most computers anymore?
Did they bring that back in XP since it was removed in Win95c? - Cybersqu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0***** balls banana!!
- Shadowsnake, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0HAHAHHAH
- Jetfire, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Why is daddy home mommy?" "Because he thought he was funny" Blowing baby powder into a room is not funny. Modifing computers at most places will get you fired. Holding the shift down until filter key turns on is probably the only on to get away with.
- adrianguru, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is fricken funny. I have heard of some of those but the last one was great.
- nukey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0When your colleges forget to lock their workstation, press shift+alt+printscreen and then press enter.
When your having a bad day, walk around the office and try to do as many as you can.. made my boring day a whole lot better ;) - DaBigWorm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0For example, "It burns when I pee."
- Mattman723, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0wow bologna phone... +digg
- graemee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The narrator hack is funny, this can be turned on even if XP is locked. Just hit ALT+U to get the utility manager and turn it on. Then minimize it and if you can turn the volume up, if it's laptop with external volume.
- dizzyd_23, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I did this back in the day at my high school. On several computers i made it so every time you typed in a teaches name, it would replace it with something like raging bitch or something of the sort. Very amusing watching someone type a school report and seeing the horror on their face as the teachers name turns from "Haberstick" to "Flabby Habby"
- Pas3n7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring BOLOGNA PHONE!
- jasdev, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0at home using dialup. so i cant see this. no digg
- jaybones1515, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Gee whiz guys really neat-o.
I am so glad I don't work in a cubicle - wildkarde, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0lame
- jaxun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0These most definitely make my list of "Ways I Will Get Fired", I'd say #23-29.
- doctechnical, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Old school: I used a hex editor to change the first two bytes in COMMAND.COM to CD 19 ( bonus geek points if you know what that'd do) on my boss' machine. Never liked him much.
- bluemech, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Half of these pranks would only work on the most inept of employees. The other aren't really pranks so much as douchey acts. Only pricks would pull the baby powder thing or the balogna trick.
- BusyME, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Hysterical! Thanks for sharing ....
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0What does it do.? What does it do?
- uncledad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0set screensaver to have a password , the mark will likely just reboot and turn it off .
However it is fun to copy a shortcut to the .scv file in the startup folder .
removes smugness upon reboot . - wintermute1974, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Wow. And here I was thinking that I was the only one who thought of using AutoCorrect as an April Fool's Day Prank.
Their choice of words are really bad though. What's better is to change one normal word for another, like so:
of -> for
the -> a
a -> the
if -> when
The strategy here is to make the change is words *subtle* so that the non-touch-typist looks up from the screen and thinks: "Did I just type that? I really meant to say 'of' instead. Humm."
I just wish I could have found the author, um, a decade ago and offered them this prank. I could have made a few bucks. Now that's ruined. Ah well. - Mimorox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Another good one: FilterKeys.
Hold down the SHIFT Key for 8 seconds.
This makes it almost impossible to type, since you have to hold down the key for 1 second for anything to happen. If it doesn't work, go to control panel, accessability options and turn it on. Not many people know about it, so they will have no idea on how to get rid of it ;) - pHr34kY, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Old trick, and I don't think anyone will actually send it without noticing.
It works a treat on PHPBB2, because it will change words after the post is submitted. -
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