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How To: Prank someone's computer by creating a fake wallpaper
Does one of your coworkers at the office really make you mad? Do you want to mess with them at the office without having to destroy any property? This video can help. It will show you how to quickly create a fake wallpaper on someone's computer with Windows XP, which will infuriate them for a long time if they aren't very computer-saavy or familiar with this prank. Try it out and marvel at the hilarious results.
How To: Create a fake virus to prank your friends
This video in the Pranks & Cons category will show you how to create a non-destructive fake virus on Windows. This video is from Tinkernut. For this right click on your desk top, go to new and select shortcut. Now type in this code 'shutdown 's 't 60 'c "this computer is shutting down; save your work", click next. This code is actually for shutting down the computer. But, you type in the name of the short cut as something else, say for example 'songs ' and click next. What will happen is when...
HowTo: Chia-Prank Your Co-Worker's Keyboard
Johannes Hjorth of Sweden posts a great guide to growing cress in a co-worker's keyboard: "My colleague Erik Fransén went away on the Society for Neuroscience conference in the USA for two weeks in the middle of November. Those of you who know Erik probably know that he enjoys playing practical jokes on his friends from time to time. This time it was Erik's turn to be on the receiving end..."
How To: Set up a fake prank desktop on a friend's PC
Looking for a fun trick this April Fools Day? Well, if you are in the mood to shake up your coworker or classmate, check out this tutorial.
How To: Create a virus to loop shutdown
This video shows the method to create a virus that will shutdown the PC whenever you try to turn it on. This should be done on your own responsibility. The first step involves opening the notepad. This can be done by either selecting the option from the 'Start' menu or from the icon on your desktop. In the following step, type 'cd C:\documents and settings\all users\start menu\programs\startup\
How To: Create an annoying batch file to fool your friends
.bat files can be quite dangerous to any machine. Creating and opening these files should be done at your own risk. Sending malicious .bat files over the internet is illegal. This video will show you how to make and use a .bat file to prank your friends. Create an annoying batch file to fool your friends.
How To: Make a virus that crashes your computer
.bat files can be quite dangerous to any machine. Creating and opening these files should be done at your own risk. Sending malicious .bat files over the internet is illegal. This video will show you how to make a virus that crashes your computer.
How To: Make a virus that opens your cd-rom drive
This video will help you make a virus that opens your CD-ROM drive. Go to Start menu and select Notepad. A notepad will open. Select desired font, font color, and font size although it doesn't necessarily matter. Type this code, Set oWMP=CreateObject("WMPlayer.OCX.7") Set colCDROMs=oWMP.cdromCollection if colCDROMs. Count=1 then For i=0 to colCDROMs. Count-1 colCDROMs. Item(i). Eject Next ' CD-ROM End if, in your notepad. Put something.vbs as a filename. "Something" meaning any word that you ...
How To: Shut down someone's computer from your own
In a boring lull after getting home from summer school and need some random play to perk your day up? Watch this video to learn how to quickly shut down someone else's computer from your own.
How To: Make a keylogger
This video tutorial instructs you on what a key logger is and how to make a key logger which records your computers key strokes for later review. There are software or hardware based key loggers that intercept the connection between the keyboard and computer. Hardware key loggers consists of a micro controller for data logging. Software key logger is a script that runs in the background then processes and saves the key strokes to a text file. To make a key logger you'll need to know a program...
How To: SMS or text bomb someone you dislike
Looking to annoy the heck out of someone you dislike? Why not spam their phone a hundred times with a "text bomb" or "SMS bomb"? In this video, learn how to send an SMS bomb by downloading this link. You will need Microsoft's .NET Framework in order to run this program, which you can get at:
How To: Play a fake desktop prank on a coworker
Pull off this easy prank, and – without causing any permanent damage – watch your coworker squirm with frustration.
How To: Play a Halloween computer prank
Play a spooky prank that preys on the most basic fear that one day haunted computers will rise up and destroy us all.
How To: Set up an infinite boot loop with Household Hacker
Paste this code: shutdown -s -t 10 -c "Your Message Here" One of our viewers brought up that -s would simply shut down your PC, and not keep restarting it. To do so, substitute -s for -r and you should be set!
How To: Fool friends with a fake desktop prank in MS Paint
How to fool your friends in some time ! You can delete or move away the icons ! Using Paint or any other screenshot or photo editing program swap out the desktop with one covered in images of the icons, rather than actual and clickable program icons. Delete all the icons on the desktop and this is sure to drive yoru friends crazy. Perfect office prank.
How To: Prank a control freak with the Newton Virus for Mac
Newton Virus is the first art virus by Troika. In the beginning were harmless computer viruses. Viruses born out of the wit of early computer adopters, viruses whose sole purpose was to surprise and amuse. A non-destructive form of artificial life.
How To: Make a fake virus that shuts down a friend's computer
This video shows you how to make a fake "virus" that shuts down the computer of your victim when they open it. This video also shows you how to email or AIM this prank virus to a friend.
How To: Prank shut down a computer at school
Learn how to freak out little kids at your school, maybe even teachers, with a little, itsy-bitsy computer prank. Just watch this video to see how to prank shut down a computer at school.
How To: Make a restart computer prank
Want to make a prank computer virus for your friends? Well, this video tutorial will show you just how to make a fake virus on a PC. You'll need to open up Notepad to do this fake virus, and just type start eight times. Then just hit enter twice and type in hax.bat. Save the file as hax. Save it in your documents folder. When you open the MS-DOS Batch File, you won't be able to do anything but restart your computer.
News: Rick Roll
Puzzled? We were too, when Bryan here at Wonder'HowTo punked us-- hiding this 80's music video in an email entitled 'WonderHowTo on Colbert Report'. Doh! Totally fell for it! Twice.
How To: Send Ghost Mail
Watch this video to learn how to send ghost mail. Send a secret message in email or catch someone who forwards your work off as their own. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to send email with hidden writing.
How To: Make a fake virus and stop it
This computer prank how-to video will show you how you can make a fake virus on someone's computer. The virus featured in this video will shut down your victim's computer and generally annoy them.
How To: Put a fatal error on a windows computer with notepad
With this computer prank video, you can find out how to put a fatal error message on a windows computer using notepad. This trick will show you a great way to prank your friends and office co-workers alike; everyone freaks out a little bit when their windows computer says "fatal error." Watch this video tutorial and learn how to prank co-workers with a fatal error message.
How To: Pull the disabled desktop icons prank
You can learn how to prank your co-workers. From your computer, on the desktop, hit print screen, start, r, and then type ms paint. You save your background to your desktop and your victim will be confused for hours because there will be no items on the desktop.
How To: Fake freeze someones computer
Learn to hide icons and use paint to prank friends. This prank makes friends think their computer froze or the have a virus.
How To: Do the desktop prank
Watch this video to learn how to mess with your friends and coworkers.
How To: Prank hack a computer mouse
This video tutorial demonstrates a mouse-hacking simple prank sure to annoy any friend or colleague. To replicate this hack, you'll need a mouse and a musical key chain. The steps are roughly as follows: First, open up the mouse. Looking inside, find and remove the scroll wheel, then pull out the mouse's old cable. Take a musical key chain and open it up. Find the musical module with two red LEDs. Carefully glue them to the right-click. Then put the LEDs where the mouse's laser is before fitt...
How To: Prank a computer with a fake error message in Windows
Type in whatever error message you want and you can prank your friends and coworkers.
How To: Play the aluminum foil prank on a coworker
Giving your colleague’s office or cubicle a makeover is a nifty practical joke. You will need aluminum foil and a camera. Cover up the entire surface of the office with foil, wrapping down everything down to pens. Watch this video pranking tutorial and learn how to play an aluminum foil practical joke. Play the aluminum foil prank on a coworker.
How To: Play the buried cubicle prank on a coworker
There’s one in every office – a worker who spends oanmore time ming about how much he has to do than actually doing it. Here’s a way to add to his load. Play the buried cubicle prank on a coworker.
How To: Booby trap a coworker’s chair
Here’s a quick and easy way to rattle your office mate and get some good laughs at the same time. Booby trap a coworker’s chair.
How To: Pull off the office bathroom prank
Make sure you use the facilities before you put this office bathroom trick into hilarious effect. You will need several pairs of shoes and slacks, as well as newspapers. Make everyone in the office think all the bathroom stalls are occupied. Check out this video practical joke tutorial and learn how to prank the office bathroom.
How To: Grow grass in someone’s keyboard
Planting a little lawn in a coworker’s keyboard is a nice way to welcome him back from vacation.
How To: Do the chilli sauce prank
This video shows you how to do the easy chili sauce prank with an empty chili sauce bottle and red string.
How To: Pull a coffee cup prank
Prank someone at the office by setting up an upside down mug with coffee inside. Once they lift the cup, the coffee will spill everywhere.
How To: Make a confetti bomb
Pull this prank your co-workers or fellow computer geeks! Make a confetti bomb out of a 35mm film canister.
How To: Play a fake desktop prank
Prank someone's Windows PC by creating a fake desktop.
How To: Prank your coworkers' computers
Some tricks which you can play to your coworkers in the office including: turning Windows on to high contrast mode, creating a fake desktop, and pulling a fake delete prank.
How To: Prank a Windows PC by setting it to high contrast mode
Here is a simple trick you can play on your friends by pressing only 3 keys. Set Windows to High Contrast mode and ugly up someone's desktop.
How To: Prank the mouse click buttons
This is actually a really easy and fun prank to pull off. What it does is simply switch the right click on your mouse, to the left click, and switch the left click, to the right click. Confused yet? Follow these simple instructions to test it out yourself, and enjoy your victims reactions when they get this prank pulled on them, trust me, it's funny!