Best computer prank for roommates

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Chiboy

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Originally posted by: yoda291
create scheduled task to popup a windows saying "Please help me! I'm stuck in the computer!" every 5 minutes

LMAO! for some reason I like this idea the best.
 

rudeguy

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another vote for remote desktop...also change it so that instead of their internet explorer icon launching explorer point it to a gay porn video
 

thomsbrain

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the best part of this thread is when jst0ney said "I get ragged on all the time for being the dumds*** of the group." judging by your spelling, you deserve all that ragging. ;)
 

Scitex

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Download Knoppix, burn to CD and stick it in before shutting it down. When they boot up they'll be running Linux (assuming they boot to CD before the hard drive).
 

notfred

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Only time I had a roommate he didn't have a computer and always asked politely whenever he wanted to use mine.
 

Electrode

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Simple and deadly: Remove 'My computer' icon and 'Internet Explorer' shortcuts from desktop. Replace them with shortcuts that open goatse.cx or tubgirl. Laugh.
 

hdeck

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Originally posted by: yoda291
create scheduled task to popup a windows saying "Please help me! I'm stuck in the computer!" every 5 minutes

omfg. when i was in 8th grade i made one of the library computer's screen savers say that. they gave me detention :( but it was worth it :D
 

deftron

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make EVERY sound on the destop (clicks, startup, minimize, etc..)

Bugs Bunny saying "What's up, doc?"




 

AlienCraft

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Originally posted by: Chiboy
Originally posted by: yoda291
create scheduled task to popup a windows saying "Please help me! I'm stuck in the computer!" every 5 minutes

LMAO! for some reason I like this idea the best.

I like this one too

I was going to say re-assign the language to Spanish or Dutch or something....
 

DanTMWTMP

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Oct 7, 2001
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Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
Originally posted by: jhu
install remote control software on their computers and control them from anywhere!!! hahahahahaaa!!

yeah install remote desktop privileges and demote their user account to regular User. you'll have admin from your desk, and then can toy with them forever :D

man someone did that to me b4...and he saw me looking @ pron and stuff from his comp..he can see what i was doing..goddamn it!!! and then my computer went black..and text started to come out "i am God, stop masturbating...you LOOK DOWN UPPON ME!"...for a split second...i was scared sh!tless
 

datalink7

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Originally posted by: JEDI
Originally posted by: jst0ney
I live in a house with 4 roommates. All of us have computers. I, unfortunatly because it automatically makes me tech support, am the only one with and f***ing clue how to use one. So I end up playing alot of pranks on them. Not because they deserve it or anything its just fun to watch them try and figure it out. You see they are all physicans while I am a dentist. I get ragged on all the time for being the dumds*** of the group. So I guess they do deserve it after. Cool all guilt gone.

I'm tired of playing the same gags ie: taking a screenshot of their desk top then hide all the icons and title bar. I need fresh material. Please help!!!!

um..hide all their icons? how you do that w/o deleteing them??

Right click on desktop-->active desktop--->hide desktop icons (or something like this).

Works in XP and 2k only I think.
 
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Man I wish I could remember the link...

But when you click on it it opens like 10000 windows of Goatse and it screams "IM LOOKING AT GAY PORNO" over and over while popping up Goatse man.

F'ing hilarious. Too bad it'd just be them and you can't send it to them to their computers if they were in a computer lab.
 

Tab

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Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
Man I wish I could remember the link...

But when you click on it it opens like 10000 windows of Goatse and it screams "IM LOOKING AT GAY PORNO" over and over while popping up Goatse man.

F'ing hilarious. Too bad it'd just be them and you can't send it to them to their computers if they were in a computer lab.

LOL, thats horrible, but really damned funny. Does anyone have that one link that pops up you are a idiot? What you need to do is make that webpage their active desktop...

Or...Screw around with them using netsend and telnet :D
 

jfall

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This is a pretty fun one that we use to do.. take a screenshot of the desktop the set the image as the background, hide the taskbar and the icons. It looks just like normal, but they won't be able to click anything LOL

edit.. this could work even better if you can figure out a way to disable right clicking so they don't even get the menu's :)
 

rudeguy

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Originally posted by: jfall
This is a pretty fun one that we use to do.. take a screenshot of the desktop the set the image as the background, hide the taskbar and the icons. It looks just like normal, but they won't be able to click anything LOL

edit.. this could work even better if you can figure out a way to disable right clicking so they don't even get the menu's :)

umm...not to flame...but did you read his first post?
 

timmyG

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Originally posted by: rudeguy5757
Originally posted by: jfall
This is a pretty fun one that we use to do.. take a screenshot of the desktop the set the image as the background, hide the taskbar and the icons. It looks just like normal, but they won't be able to click anything LOL

edit.. this could work even better if you can figure out a way to disable right clicking so they don't even get the menu's :)

umm...not to flame...but did you read his first post?

im guessing no
 

everman

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Install VNC server on them all, the viewer on yours. Then you can do anything you want as if you were there.
 

dethman

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yeah you're a dumbshit. :D j/k.

<-- med student who personally knows 3 dental students who couldn't get into med school so they went to dental school. :D
 

theNEOone

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go in word and do the spell check auto replace. i did this to my roommate. me and my other roommates were fvking cracking up.

i.e. have "the" autochange to "buttsex", have his last name auto change to "IsGay" so all his reports are titled [First name here] IsGay, etc etc etc the list is endless.