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1. dyingk+(OP)[view] [source] 2021-10-12 20:24:55
I feel so dumb when I read kids doing these things. Back in High School all I knew was how I could run arbitrary executable files by renaming them to calc.exe. We also did the classic "take a screenshot of the desktop, set it as the wallpaper, then remove all icons and the start menu" thing.
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2. alista+to[view] [source] 2021-10-12 22:58:14
>>dyingk+(OP)
All this. Plus TI-86 king fu. Though this was 1991-1995, IoT didn’t exist and email and web access was mostly through AOL or Prodigy.
3. rmorey+kJ[view] [source] 2021-10-13 02:09:30
>>dyingk+(OP)
Another good one on that level was using the Windows keyboard shortcut ctrl-alt-down to rotate the display upside down - totally harmless, but absolutely maddening if you don’t know how to undo it
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4. gpt5+hU[view] [source] [discussion] 2021-10-13 04:06:26
>>rmorey+kJ
Unfortunately, this feature was discontinued by most graphics drivers.
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5. lysurg+Vz1[view] [source] [discussion] 2021-10-13 11:04:42
>>gpt5+hU
This is still a common prank at work on win10 pc’s
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6. rocqua+VB1[view] [source] [discussion] 2021-10-13 11:21:59
>>rmorey+kJ
Even better if you combined it with an upside down screenshot of the desktop. So it looked like only the mouse was upside down and all buttons didn't work.
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7. nyanpa+9W1[view] [source] [discussion] 2021-10-13 13:54:50
>>gpt5+hU
I think it's a good thing that Ctrl+Alt+Arrow is no longer intercepted by graphics drivers, since IMO shortcuts not containing Win should be handled by apps and not the system.
8. quadco+ff3[view] [source] 2021-10-13 20:16:06
>>dyingk+(OP)
I told a friend who knew absolutely nothing about computers to go and type format c: on the school only computer and wait for the result. It turned a bit ugly but we're still friend :)
9. severa+zy3[view] [source] 2021-10-13 22:14:55
>>dyingk+(OP)
Change wallpaper to some crap. Take a screenshot of desktop. Change wallpaper back and open screenshot with crap on the background in fullscreen mode.
10. gmadse+P35[view] [source] 2021-10-14 13:43:01
>>dyingk+(OP)
back in middle school we would just use proxys to play online games on the library that were regularly blocked
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