Carefully pop off a few of the keys from the victim’s keyboard. Switch them around and replace them. If the victim is a “hunt and peck” typist, this will cause great confusion!

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Incorrect

If the victim uses Microsoft Word, go into the victim’s computer and change the auto-correct feature so it misspells common words. Just open Word, choose “AutoCorrect Options” from the Tools menu, and have it replace common words like “the” and “and” with wacky words like “eggplant” or “Uranus.” Be creative.

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Dark Side

On most computer monitors, if you turn the brightness control all the way up and the contrast all the way down, the screen will appear to be blank. Do this to your victim and they will drive themselves crazy trying to “fix” their “broken” monitor.

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Lost Buttons

Go to Start->Settings->Control Panel and find the option for your Mouse. On the Buttons tab, change the buttons configuration to switch the primary and secondary buttons of the mouse. Now when the victim clicks with the mouse, nothing will work as expected.

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Hurry Up

Change the cursor on the victim’s computer. Go to Start->Settings->Control Panel->Mouse, and select the “Pointers” tab. Then change the cursor to the hourglass image. Now the victim will think their computer is stuck on a task endlessly.

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Away From Home

Change the victim’s homepage to something unexpected. Open their browser and choose

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Secret Message

Change their Screen Saver to the “Marquee” setting. Go to Start->Settings->Control Panel->Display and choose the Screen Saver tab. Then select “Marquee” from the drop down list. Click “Settings” and enter the message of your choice. Then set the “Wait” time to 1 minute.

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Mouse Trap

Take a Post-It note and place it over the eye of the victim’s optical mouse. When the victim tries to use his or her computer, the cursor won’t move. Be sure to write “April Fools!” on the note! (Note if they have a standard mouse, you can perform the same trick by taping a piece of paper over the ball underneath the mouse.)

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Typo Trouble

Carefully pop off a few of the keys from the victim’s keyboard. Switch them around and replace them. If the victim is a “hunt and peck” typist, this will cause great confusion!

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Disappearing Desktop

First, take a screen shot of the victim’s desktop (press the “Print Screen” button). Then open up a Paint program and press “Paste.” Save the image in bitmap format and quit Paint. Set this image to be the Desktop background image (right-click on the desktop, choose Properties, click the “Display” tab, press the “Browse” button, find your image, hit “Open,” then “OK”). Finally, hide all the desktop icons (right-click on the desktop, choose “Arrange Icons By,” then unclick “Show Desktop Items.” Now their desktop will look normal, but when they try to click on the icons nothing will happen!

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Crawling Mouse

Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Mouse > Pointer Options, and change the mouse pointer to the slowest speed. If your victim isn’t very computer-savvy, and doesn’t know about this setting, they won’t understand why their cursor is suddenly moving slower than a snail!

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Can't Close It

Open any application the victim might normally have open. Press "PrtScn" to capture the desktop as an image (make sure the mouse pointer and task bar can not be seen). Next, open an image editing program, and paste the image. Then save the images as a file. Next, right click on the desktop, select "properties", and browse for the image you just created. Select that image as your background (make sure that it is stretched and not centered or tiled). Your victim will think he has the application open on his computer and won't understand why he can not close it or minimize it.
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Sounds Funny

Change one or more of the shortcuts on your victim’s desktop to point to a funny audio file (suggestions: search the internet for “Banana Phone” or “Peanut Butter Jelly Time”).

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Right is Wrong

Change his mouse to left handed configuration (assuming he's right handed, reverse if left handed).

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Oh No You Didn't!

When your victim is away from his or her desk, do a Google-search for something embarrassing and leave the results displayed on the desktop for all to see.

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Unattached

Unplug the keyboard and/or mouse from the PC.

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You've Got Mail

Change the victim’s e-mail alert sound to something annoying and turn the volume up really loud on your victim’s computer. Then send them an e-mail.

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Start 'Em Up

Change the “start up” sound on your victim’s computer to something funny or embarrassing. Make sure the volume is turned up all the way when he or she arrives to work.