2 Windows Computer Pranks
Feel like pulling a prank to someone else’s computer just for fun? Well I’ve made guide of a few computer pranks for Windows users.
1. Take a screenshot and set it as their background
This will make everything on their screen *unclickable*. They will think their computer is frozen and they will freak out.
First press the “Prnt Scrn” button on your keyboard, then paste the screenshot into Paint, save it, then set it as their desktop background by clicking File > Set As Background (Centered) in Paint.
Second, right click on a freespace on taskbar next to the Start button, then click Properties. Next select “Auto-hide the taskbar” and press okay.
If the user is smart enough they will move their mouse to the bottom of the screen and reveal their real task bar and will be able to undo it.
2. Make their computer shutdown on startup
Now this one is pretty mean and it takes an advanced user to fix this one, but is reversable like all the other pranks. This will make the users computer restart, shutdown, or logoff (I’ll show you how to do each) as soon as they login to their computer.
First open up Notepad, then choose from one of the following codes below and paste it into your text file:
- Shutdown code: shutdown -s
- Restart code: shutdown -r
- Logoff code: shutdown -l
Next, save the file as “prank.bat” or any file name you want with the extension of “.bat” on the desktop. Now go to “C:\Documents and Settings\(the persons username here)\Start Menu\Programs\Startup” or go to Start > All Programs, then right click on “Startup” and click “explore”. Now drag the batch file you created into that folder.
The next time that person logs in, their computer will perform that task.
The way to fix this problem is to press Ctrl-Alt-Delete right after you login, go to the “Processes” tab and delete “cmd.exe” right when it executes itself by pressing Delete > Enter really fast. Then you will have to go into the startup folder and remove the program we stuck in there. Another way to fix it is to shutdown the computer and put in a Linux live cd and remove that program from the folder by browsing through the hard disk.
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