Today, a coworker got me. I had left my screen unlocked. He took a

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A coworker played a prank by taking a screenshot of another's desktop, setting it as the background, and hiding the icons, which led to confusion before it was discovered. The discussion revolves around ideas for payback, with suggestions including minor annoyances like inserting paper into keyboard USB ports, swapping keyboard keys, and changing mouse button functions. More elaborate pranks mentioned include setting the computer to a humorous website while hiding the keyboard and mouse, and using keyboard shortcuts to flip the screen orientation. The conversation highlights the playful nature of office pranks and the creativity involved in retaliatory actions.
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Today, a coworker got me. I had left my screen unlocked. He took a screenshot of my desktop, set it as my desktop, and then turned off my icons. Took me a few minutes before I realized what had happened.

I need payback ideas.
 
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Stick a tiny bit of paper in his keyboard USB plug.
Swap his M and N over.
Swap his left and right mouse buttons.
 


On some computers you can flip the screen upside down by pressing CNTRL+ALT+ARROW UP (or down, left right).
 


Interesting, my best idea was secretly removed. Oh well.
 


enigma said:
Today, a coworker got me. I had left my screen unlocked. He took a screenshot of my desktop, set it as my desktop, and then turned off my icons. Took me a few minutes before I realized what had happened.

I need payback ideas.
Thanks. If someone had done that to me I doubt I would ever have figured it out. Now I know. Steal his girlfriend.
 


When he's away from his computer set it to meatspin(dot)com, hit F11 and take away his keyboard and mouse. This works best when there's important work left open that hasn't been saved so he can't just turn off the computer. For added affect hide the mouse and keyboard at the end of a long scavenger hunt.
 


My friend played the same trick on me in my computer lab and it took me a while to figure out what actually happened.
But since it was 1st of april that day so I forgave him.
 


pftest said:
On some computers you can flip the screen upside down by pressing CNTRL+ALT+ARROW UP (or down, left right).

It's actually the other 3 arrow keys that set different orientations. CNTRL+ALT+ARROW UP gets it back to normal.
 


Kipkay has lots of pranks up his sleeve.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjkUC9KZWMg
 
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