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Pranks for April Fool's Day 2004?

Posted by Cliff on from the hope-your-officemates-don't-read-slashdot dept.

Nighttime asks: "April the First will soon be upon us and I'm looking for some subtle pranks to play around the office. There's the usual taking a screenshot and setting as background, placing a piece of tape across the mouse ball (use opaque tape for optical mice), setting the keyboard layout to Dvorak, swapping the 'M' and 'N' keys etc. The office empties quite quickly at the end of the day which leaves plenty of time for preparation."

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  1. Annoy your collegues by sbryant · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Try this! I've done it before, and it's funny...

    1. Find Windows machine that the user left logged in.
    2. Minimise all windows.
    3. Take screenshot of desktop.
    4. Paste image into Paint, save it, and make the new file the desktop background.
    5. Create a new folder, and move as many icons as possible off the desktop and into the new folder.
    6. Be nearby, but not toooo close, when the user returns... :-)

    -- Steve