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We have a guy here who has been with us for a year now and is moving to Denver next week and we would like to play a few good tricks on him before he leaves. Just want to sharpen his trouble shooting skills a little.
And maybe even get a few good laughs.
Go into MSCONFIG>Advanced>Set Max Memory to 16MB. This will be a tough one to figure out unless he a smart tech.
Enable "Active Desktop" Then go into settings for Active desktop, and set to "Hide Icons".
I like both of those....gonna do that next time I go to my other job... :D
Also these have to work on NT 4.0
Thanks for the ones posted so far!
if he has a microsoft mouse with the software installed you can realign it so that if he moves it side to side it goes up and down and vice versa. This is really funny to see.
Also if youhave the time get either a wireless or a keyboard with a long cord and plug it into his comp. Then plug his into another comp so the lights still light up. Now you can control his screen from a far. While he seems to have control. This ones great especially if you have a keyboard with those multimedia keys.
Press "Print Screen" button with his desktop and Icons showing. Open "Paint", Edit>Paste.
Save the picture. Set the active desktop to hide his icons. Apply the picture as his background.
;) ;) ;) ;) ;)
I like that one too! ..paste backdrop...haha
could always remap the keyboard. the deskptop screen capture as wallpaper is an oldie but goodie.
Change the definition of all his shortcuts, so when he double clicks on a frequently used icon, like MSWord, it does something totally different, like go to an embarassing website, or startup Solitaire.
a twist on that is to flip the bitmap first so its upside down. :DQuote:
Originally posted by b4uc1i81:
Press "Print Screen" button with his desktop and Icons showing. Open "Paint", Edit>Paste.
Save the picture. Set the active desktop to hide his icons. Apply the picture as his background.
;) ;) ;) ;) ;)
1. dos box ........fdisk ......remove partitions ......ah ah.......then ask him to reboot !!!!!!!!!
2. dammed can think of anthing worse .......ok http://www.littlewhitedog.com/reviews_other_00015.asp
3. ok i am a cruel *aster* after all !!!!!
DON,T give him my email ..........
sorry forgot ........try a croation keyboard...ps dont forget to swop his left and right buttons on his mouse ......and slow it down a bit
Prise a couple of keys out of the keyboard and swap them over - try something like the N and M keys as this can really confuse people!
I'd just be sure to keep a list of everything you do - if this guy doesn't fix it before he leaves, guess who it will come down to :D :D
1. Go into BIOS setup and disable the floppy drive, and the LPT port, enable APM.
2. Switch keys around on the keyboard. Only do two though (harder to catch on). I've seen the :; key switched with the "' key :)
Another good key to switch (if they are the same size) is the backspace and backslash key's.
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switch the keyboard and mouse
install vnc and mess with him all day long
install a great sound scheme for him and turn the volume WAY UP (stuff like - you did what with a goat! and Oh, you dirty birdy)
create a shutdown icon and place it in the run line of the win.ini - or better yet in the run line of the regestry - or as a scheduled task.
change the keyboard ampping to a devorak keyboard
change the system font to wingdings (delete the current font and set the font substitution.)
Change his color scheme to large LCD reverse
install Microsoft BOB
schedule his machine to run freecell, solitare, minesweeper, word, excel and run defrag every three minutes.
And last, but not least - plug in a microphone, turn the volume up and hide it, so that ever word muttered in anger is echoed throughout his work area.
First though do a "print screen" with his normal desktop. Then hide the icons, then use that printscreen as the new desktop. It will look like Icons, but really only be the background. Got that I idea from here. Lots more too.Quote:
Originally posted by TechStar:
Enable "Active Desktop" Then go into settings for Active desktop, and set to "Hide Icons".
I just called home and had one son set the other son's computer up like b4uc1i81 said in his post earlier. But the applied image is the windrivers page telling him what I did. I'll find out if he is very observant. He is 15.
Ill let you know what happens
Jim
Thanks for all the ideas so far and keep them comming. I switched his m & n key this morning! He locked out his account trying to login :)
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Originally posted by cyberhh:
install Microsoft BOB
LOL, If you have a copy of that i'd love to get it and send it out loaded on some users machines :D
Another old one is to place a DOS=SINGLE command in the config.sys & then reboot to MS-DOS mode. Turn off the machine while in DOS. Next time he turns on his machine, it will say, "Now restarting your MS-DOS program. Press ESC to return to Windows. However, with the command permanently in the Config.sys, it will return to the same place over and over again.
Simply remove the DOS=Single to return to normal. :p
it wont work on nt but my favorite it to put like 50 returns and a cls after the last line of the autoexec.... when you first goto edit c:\autoexec.bat most people dont scroll down.
the funny part is when you put label c: cursed at the end of it. They will boot into windows and goto my computer says c: cursed
they rename it and all is good till they reboot and have to relabel it again
Just install Windows ME, he'll wonder why his computer keeps crashing! :D
Seriously...use Tweak UI to set his desktop folder to C:\windows or something...his entire desktop will be filled with icons! :D
"Just install Windows ME, he'll wonder why his computer keeps crashing! "
now now boys .........theres nothing wrong with ME is there ? (cough-cough splutter...)
dislexia rules ko
and dont forget this one ..........http://www.littlewhitedog.com/reviews_other_00019a.asp
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better yet, create a bmp file using print screen and paint, set it as the background, and then move all the icons off the screen.Quote:
Originally posted by TechStar:
Enable "Active Desktop" Then go into settings for Active desktop, and set to "Hide Icons".
startup poledit, and set it to not allow context menus (right click)
then also move the start menu to another part of the screen (if they have an office toolbar, put it on that side, and set it to off screen)
they will f@ck with it for hours and be on the line with tech support (make sure your not around, or about to quit (like i did when I was at tv guide...))
another idea is to velcro the mouse to the mouse pad, pretty harmless, but funny as hell to see their face when they go to use it and aren't expecting it.
you can also install intellipoint software, and flip the y and x axis to something like left/right is diagonal, and up/down is reversed.
then hide the icon in their tray.
but the average dumb user will start deleting all the files to "clean out" their system.Quote:
Originally posted by Insane Monkey:
Seriously...use Tweak UI to set his desktop folder to C:\windows or something...his entire desktop will be filled with icons! :D
I am sure those files aren't needed...
but the two hours to re-build will be...
zip user.dat and system.dat
set his shell to either command.com or defag.exe in system.ini
remove IE shortcuts from the desktop and quickstart and replace with "c:\programfiles\internet explorer\iexplore.exe" -k (brings up IE in fullscreen mode with no navigational controls and no way to close short of ctrl F4 or ctrl W)
Score!Quote:
Originally posted by GOVTECH:
Thanks for all the ideas so far and keep them comming. I switched his m & n key this morning! He locked out his account trying to login
Gets them every time that one!
:D :D :D :D :D
I like to take the ball out of people's mouse's!!
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