Once you press that key combo, their desktop will get flipped to the high contrast mode-you can press it again to go back to normal.
#GEEK PRANK HOW TO#
There’s a built-in accessibility option that can be very confusing to somebody who doesn’t know how to turn it off, and it requires only pressing one shortcut key sequence: Activate High Contrast Mode (with a Single Hotkey!) For extra fun, you could make the mouse pointers gigantic. They’ll think their computer is hanging all the time, but it’s really not. Nice and simple, but oh so fun! Just head into Control Panel –> Mouse –> Pointers and change the Normal pointer to the busy one. Set the Mouse Pointer to Look Always Busy (to Make Their PC Look Like It’s Hanging) Just go in and create a new task, run through the wizard and pick the browser executable, plug the site name into the arguments box, and then set the schedule to repeat the task every 5 minutes. Setup Task Scheduler Jobs to Launch Random Apps (or a Web Page)Įven a serious geek is going to be pretty lost on how to troubleshoot a new tab repeatedly opening to a certain page every couple of minutes, if you bury that inside the task scheduler. If they are using XP, the effect is nice and dramatic, and you can even have some fun with the shutdown time… on Windows 7 you won’t be able to show off your geek skills quite as well, but they’ll still see something that will confuse them. Shutdown -s -t 1925000 -c “System error: overloaded porn folder”
#GEEK PRANK FULL#
You can change the shutdown time to really far in the future so they won’t lose any work, but mostly so they get the full benefit of your nerd skills. This one is really simple to do-just create a shortcut to shutdown.exe on the desktop, and then change the icon to a regular folder, so when they double-click the folder to see what it might contain, they get a nice system shutdown notice instead. Create a Shutdown Shortcut that Looks like a Folder
#GEEK PRANK INSTALL#
You’ll probably want to get rid of the Install icon, of course. Then leave an official-looking memo on their desk saying they’ve been upgraded to Linux, and watch them struggle to figure out what on earth they are doing. This one can’t be simpler-just find somebody at work who turns their PC off at night, come in before them, and boot off a Linux Live CD. The blue screen of Norton Commanderis only familiar to the older generations who used this discontinued file manager in the ’90s, but it sure will be a nice feeling to evoke its blue screen.Pretend to Install Linux on a Windows User’s PC with a Live CD The DOS simulator is faking a disk cleanup, regardless of the command the visitor gives.Ī fake Bios is also available to trick your friends which can confuse the ones that are not familiar with the CMOS setup utility.
#GEEK PRANK UPGRADE#
The victim of your prank will stand wondering when will the upgrade complete: Never!
There are fake upgrade screens for various operating systems: Windows XP, 7, 10 and iOS. The fake Windows XP theme is not the only feature of the website. The Google search results return ads only, but you can open any websites that support this old web browser. Play with the classic Tetris game, challenge your intelligence with Minesweeper, listen to music with the online Winamp simulator or browse the web with IE7. Next comes a fake system restart which is unable to find any boot device and fakes a C: drive format. Of course, this is just a fake BSOD error, your computer is not being harmed. There are a few icons that trigger a blue death screen once clicked. You can interact with the Start menu, open programs, games, the infamous Internet Explorer 7 etc.
The perfect prank, not only on April Fools’ day.Īll you have to do is open this website on his computer while he’s not aware, activate full screen (usually the F11 key for Windows browsers) and wait for him to return and watch his reaction. is an online Windows XP desktop simulator with funny built-in features which will confuse the one you’re joking. In this article I want to present a funny website which can be used to trick your geeky classmates or colleagues.
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