Harmless April Fools’ Day Pranks

[HardOCP News]

LifeHacker has a list of harmless April Fool's Day pranks you can pull on your friends and coworkers. The first one on the list is one we've posted here for years (cracked LCD wallpaper) but, as the article says, some of these "never go out of style."

These pranks range from little or no setup to some slightly more involved, so no matter how much time you have on your hands, you can get a few laughs out of your coworkers and friends.

 

[BlindedByScience]

One of the best ones I ever did was also one of the simplest. Took a screen capture of a guy's desktop, icons and everything, turned it upside down, and set it as his wall paper.

He got back to his desk, and must have stared at it for five minutes before asking us, "...OK, how the hell did you do that..??...."

 

[FrozenLiquidity]

One of the best ones I ever did was also one of the simplest. Took a screen capture of a guy's desktop, icons and everything, turned it upside down, and set it as his wall paper.

He got back to his desk, and must have stared at it for five minutes before asking us, "...OK, how the hell did you do that..??...."

You should have also attempted to reverse all of his mouse inputs.

 

[Arcygenical]

One of the best ones I ever did was also one of the simplest. Took a screen capture of a guy's desktop, icons and everything, turned it upside down, and set it as his wall paper.

Done that to a few friend's laptops, just by changing the screen rotation. Really messes with people... up is down and down is up and all that.

 

[[21CW]killerofall]

One of the best ones I ever did was also one of the simplest. Took a screen capture of a guy's desktop, icons and everything, turned it upside down, and set it as his wall paper.

He got back to his desk, and must have stared at it for five minutes before asking us, "...OK, how the hell did you do that..??...."

I did one better:
1. I took a screen cap.
2. Turned that upside down.
3. Saved as wallpaper.
4. I turned this monitor upside down by CTRL + ALT + down arrow
Now everything looks normal but the mouse is all upside down and moves left when you move it right and vice versa. I did this durning a training class lunch break when some poor sap forgot to lock his computer before going to lunch break. Not only did I confuse him but the entire class.