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7. Voice Commands
April Fools’ means mischief. But what if you’re stuck in front of a computer all day? There are plenty of tech-centric pranks to pull on your coworkers or friends.
This prank comes from Nextround and was created for a printer – but could easily work for a fax machine, soda machine or anything with gears. Just print up a little sign instructing users to employ their voice commands, as this piece of tech has been reprogrammed. Extra points if you command the person to use funny words or accents (since this fancy fax machine is Croatian, I need you to say fax in an accent).
Tip: stand at least a punching-arm’s length from the user.
on first prank, the keyboard switch, try changing the keyboard from standard to Dvorak format...
it's usually under Regional and Language settings in Windows Vista and 7...
it's quick and easy and somewhat benign prank as it's very easy to figure out and fix...
1. Control Panel > Accessibility Options > Check "Use Filter Keys"
2. Settings > Check "Beep when keys pressed or accepted"
3. Enjoy.
1. Control Panel > Accessibility Options > Check "Use Filter Keys"2. Settings > Check "Beep when keys pressed or accepted"3. Enjoy.
haha you have to hold each key for a good second before it registers, nice!
Just a quick note, i tryed out the keyboard extender. I changed a ton of keys and when i tried to reopen the program it would not start. I tried uninstalling the program and this left half the keys on my keyboard useless. If this happens to you just restart the computer after uninstalling.
FFS TOMS GET SOME SPAM BLOCKERS GOING
optical mouse trick is fun!!
I have Xpadder for my computer so that I can program controls for my Xbox 360 controller to add support for games that don't have it.
Now before you start back with K/M is superior I just want to explain how the software works... And how you can use the software to prank people.
Xpadder doesn't add support to the game, it emulates the K/M. This means that I can set my wireless 360 controller, which has a range of 30 feet, to function as the mouse. I can also program any function I want, from CTRL+ALT+Delete to ALT+TAB and anything else out there, so that I can really screw with people's heads.
I did this a while back actually. I was helping a buddy of mine do a school project by making a video. Xpadder was already running and I just turned on my controller. I subtly moved the right thumbstick, default mouse emulation, and racked in the laughs as my friend shook the mouse, then lifted the mouse, then shook it again in frustration.
Good times.
I got a 404 when trying to use the link in #4 and I'm pretty sure that wasn't supposed to be an April Fool's joke
It looks like you left out the "L" at the end of the link: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html
One easy one is to close all windows, then press PrtSc (or Shift+PrtScr depending on your PC).. That'll take a screenshot of the desktop. Now, Click Start->Run and type MSPaint, then Ctrl+V the screenshot into Paint. Ctrl+S to save it, save it as C:\desktop.bmp or something.
Now close paint, rearrange all the icons on the desktop so they were'nt where they used to be, auto-hide the task bar by right-clicking and selecting Properties->AutoHide...
Now right-click on the background and click personalise (Doze7) or Properties then Background (XP?).. and change the background image to the screenshot.
Et voila. When the user returns, they'll be clicking on 'icons' on their desktop.. but it's just an image :-) You have to do it to fully appreciate the hilarity.
not quite funny enough
I had #7 done to me brilliantly in an office I worked at we had an Irish it guy who had unhooked the panel on our copy machine and created a remote then told us it was voice activated but he had messed up because it only accepted his accent he got a huge kick out it.
not quite funny enough
Don't be such a curmudgeon.
I got a 404 when trying to use the link in #4 and I'm pretty sure that wasn't supposed to be an April Fool's joke It looks like you left out the "L" at the end of the link: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html
Oh, snap! Thanks for pointing that out! Fixing now...
-Devin Connors
Interesting pranks, but I personally avoid RJLpranks.com so some of them won't work for me.
What a bummer :\
I inserted a Linux (command line) boot cd into their CD drive, set back the BIOS to quickboot from CD.
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This one is awesome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYsq4fqbMG8
The plural for "mouse" is "mice", not "mouses"...
not quite funny enough
Not quite unamused enough.
I inserted a Linux (command line) boot cd into their CD drive, set back the BIOS to quickboot from CD. .
Hah i did kinda the same thing. I setup the bios to boot from flash drive and stuck the drive in a USB slot in the back of the computer with ubuntu loaded on it. The i put it on the g/f's computer and watched her brain explode for a few days.