Thursday, August 20, 2009

Tip of the Day: PC Shutdown Prank

Do you like to pull pranks on your family or friends? Well this prank shutdowns the conputer when they click on the shortcut that you created. Do the following steps to complete this prank:

  1. On the desktop screen right click it and click “New”
  2. Click “Add Shortcut”
  3. You will have a pop-up box that says to enter in the location of the shortcut. In the “Type the location of the item:” box type “shutdown -s -t 0”
  4. Click “Next”
  5. You will have another box pop-up box that says, “Type a name for the shortcut” you can type any name that you want. (To make this a really good prank, type in something that the user uses a lot like “Internet Explore” or “Recycle Bin”. Don’t forget to hide the original file somewhere where you can find it later.)
  6. The Icon goes to your desktop so right click the Icon and click “Properties”
  7. Click “Change Icon”
  8. Click “Ok”
  9. If you are making an actual shutdown button the choose the Icon with a box around it with an “I” in the middle with a circle around it. If you are going to make it good pranks then choose the Icon that cooresponds with the application you are switching it to (either it is Internet Explore [the “e” Icon], Recycle Bin [the trashcan with the two arrows pointing at each other], etc…)
  10. Click “Ok” when you have choosen the Icon that you want to use
  11. Click “Apply”
  12. Click “Ok”

Now you have created a shutdown button. Once you have pulled this prank off, let the person know and if you have moved any of the files please put them back. Note: Do not put this file in the start-up folder because everytime you turn on your computer it will shutdown automatically.

I have many more computer pranks if you are interested. :)

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