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03-31-2008 #1
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April Fools prank for the office...
Hey,
I found a good prank today. On some XP computer systems you can flip the video image upside down. Hold down "CTRL" and "ALT" and hit the down arrow key, then hold the ctrl and alt key and hit the up arrow to put it back.
The great thing is that rebooting (the typical fix for every problem) doesn't fix it.
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03-31-2008 #2
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some keyboards have a sliding switch underneath to switch from QWERTY layout to an alternate...
The worst I heard was to take a screen shot of the desktop, open it in a viewer and maximize it to cover the screen. Any icon you click on will not do anything, it's just a photo! Goes away upon reboot but you can't open the Start menu by clicking on it to reboot.
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03-31-2008 #3
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Did the screen shot on my boss couple of weeks ago. Pretty bad when he is the supervisor for the PC Techs had to call us to come fix his computer.
Tony
04-01-2008 #4
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my friends pull that on me all the time...it gets SOOOO irritating hahah
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04-01-2008 #5
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just tried it on a few systems
Originally Posted by TonyHuntimerRaceHome
Hey,
I found a good prank today. On some XP computer systems you can flip the video image upside down. Hold down "CTRL" and "ALT" and hit the down arrow key, then hold the ctrl and alt key and hit the up arrow to put it back.
The great thing is that rebooting (the typical fix for every problem) doesn't fix it.
Tony Huntimer
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it only works on intel chipset video cards it it their hot keys
so that explains why it only works on some pc's
04-01-2008 #6
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Didn't work on any I tried either. Dang!
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04-02-2008 #7
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ALways worked on NT machines though. The floor techs used to laugh about how often people would do it on accident and freak out.
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I like todo a print screen of their background with all the icons and file links on it and then make it the new background. Then hide the real icons and file links.
They go to click the links but nothing happens of course.
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04-03-2008 #9
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These are some great pranks. I will have to do these to my friends at work.
Sam
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