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My coworker left his Windows 10 system unlocked today.

Me:

1. Print screen on desktop
2. Saves the image
3. Sets image as wallpaper
4. Hides desktop icons
5. Changes taskbar alignment to the right and enables auto hide.
6. 🤣🤣🤣

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  • 20
    I would like to know what happened next
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  • 13
    that’s so mean...

    now I’m tempted to try it...
  • 70
    You forgot to flip the screenshot and screen orientation. Desktop seems to be "normal", while every move is flipped
  • 7
    @Kimmax Oh yes I'm trying this
  • 14
    @ViRaS the guy got desperate and did a hard restart. Unfortunately the task bar pops up after you restart
  • 7
    @Kimmax that would have been even more fantastic. But time is a really big constraint when you are pranking someone like this
  • 7
    @irene I already have put together a small script since this happened. Problem is, after editing the registry for setting the wallpaper, it does not take effect immediately. You need a restart. But then again, I think that might be even more funny. But chances are he will restart at home and I will miss the precious moments.
  • 1
    @irene Also, at first glance, I mistook the finger you were holding up with that emoji 😶
  • 3
    @irene that "how" sounds arbitrary.

    If you are asking how I thought the emoji was different, I don't know.

    If you are asking about the script, I'll probably put it up on github if you want me to.
  • 14
    1. Change left and right mouse button.
    2. Rotate wallpaper, then rotate screen.
    3. Change language and keyboardlayout.
    4. Set terminal background and foreground to pink.
    5. ???
    6. Profit
  • 2
    what he did is against (most) company policy and what happened to him was well deserved
  • 2
    @irene @Tommy314 we aren't that big on "policies" and stuff where I work. We have a laid back approach so no one cares unless you do something illegal. But ofcourse, this resulted in some name calling, but nothing serious :)
  • 4
    $hackrman.exec();
  • 3
    @Crazed Is that PHP? Eww.. Get it off my rant 🤢
  • 1
    @SupressWarnings I have no idea I just wrote something hackerman-esque. If that's PHP then I'm fine without it lol.
  • 1
    @irene yes, however, if the h4xor then pushes nudes to a repository, the commit will hold the name of the guy who left his workstation unattended

    what I want to say is he was basically lucky, our fellow ranter is not an idiot :) and good for him to remind security this pranky way
  • 2
    @irene tl:dr I tend to ignore human rights of people lacking common sense :D
  • 6
    @irene Wish Granted. My fav lil device is the 'Phantom Keystroker' USB from ThinkGeek ($9.99). Looks like an innocent thumb drive but will randomize mouse movements, turn caps lock on/off randomly and types out garbage text randomly while you type something.

    I have yet to find a coworker that can last longer than 8min with this lil guy plugged into their station. Works best on desktops where you can hide the key on the back of a tower or something to that effect.

    https://thinkgeek.com/product/jknk/
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  • 2
    Old but gold
  • 1
    That oh shit moment realising you've been leaving unlocked
  • 3
    I once additionally flipped the screen and then flipped the mouse cursor images to make it appear normal.
  • 1
    GAMES OF WINDOWS USERS
  • 3
    People use the win key to get to start would easily find out
  • 1
    @host127001 that's pretty evil
  • 1
    I used to do this all the time during my school days..it was fun 😀
  • 0
    I've done this... My coworker freaked because she thought I deleted all her files (that she stores on the desktop) but I simply moved them to her user folder LOL
  • 1
    @Kimmax easy there satan
  • 0
    What about pendrive that does action what @host127001 says after inserting? @Vip3rDev
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  • 0
    I sometimes go here http://screenprank.com/SP/... and pick one and set it to full screen.
  • 0
    @SupressWarnings many systems have ctrl alt <arrow key> as a shortcut to adjust orientation, may be worth trying next time.
  • 0
    @joodoc I'm sure this one didn't have that. And besides, changing the screen orientation makes the prank a little too obvious to my liking.
  • 0
    *Presses six buttons that are a custom shortcut to a batch file resetting all of these settings*
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  • 0
    Thats how i passed an exam about SQL in high school so fair enough, my man
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