soveryapt Posted March 31, 2010 Posted March 31, 2010 So, tomorrow is April Fools Day, the Technical Support's chance to get their own back on the lowly users .. My question is, what have you all got planned (if anything). At one of my schools, it's also the head teachers last day .. so I think a simple screen rotation first off, but from there .. who knows .. maybe have the CD tray auto eject randomly during the day?
jamesreedersmith Posted March 31, 2010 Posted March 31, 2010 Blue screen screensaver for a select few i think! 1
Pete10141748 Posted March 31, 2010 Posted March 31, 2010 My head would be for the chop if I did any 'Fools-based pranks here, so aside from enjoying the relaxed atmosphere of a training day and running a SIMS/FMS upgrade in the afternoon, it'll be a ordinary, dull, paperwork-based day I reckon. 1
WithoutMotive Posted March 31, 2010 Posted March 31, 2010 Nothing. I don't tend to do anything on April Fools Day. No one's here for a start. Lol. I might do something immature and turn the website upside down. 1
soveryapt Posted March 31, 2010 Author Posted March 31, 2010 True, I guess some schools are already done with for the Easter Break .. mine are all in until the bitter end tomorrow though .. I'm liking the website upside down idea though! hmmm ..
CHR1S Posted March 31, 2010 Posted March 31, 2010 A prank would cause me far too much extra work... so ill be booooring and have a normal day 1
ICT_GUY Posted March 31, 2010 Posted March 31, 2010 I might put a different theme on the school website. Maybe this one? 1
OutToLunch Posted March 31, 2010 Posted March 31, 2010 Think I need to find that exe someone posted that made the CD tray eject while the computer burped. Immature? Me? 1
soveryapt Posted March 31, 2010 Author Posted March 31, 2010 I might put a different theme on the school website. Maybe this one? Darn it, our WP site isn't just live yet .. else that would be fantastic!
Fontayne56 Posted March 31, 2010 Posted March 31, 2010 Has anyone got that box where its a yes and no box with the text saying somthing like. Do you want a payrise and the yes moves when you hover over it so you have to click the no !! Ryan
kevbaz Posted March 31, 2010 Posted March 31, 2010 were going for the old voice command printer upgrade notices... should be a giggle 1
K.C.Leblanc Posted March 31, 2010 Posted March 31, 2010 (edited) I suspect one of the senior staff will get their default web site changed to the naughty page. EDIT: An the PFY will get a special GPO so where ever he goes his wallpaper will show delightful knitwear. Edited March 31, 2010 by K.C.Leblanc
HarryMonkey Posted March 31, 2010 Posted March 31, 2010 Got mine all ready for tomorrow ... upside down Intranet page. 1
sted Posted March 31, 2010 Posted March 31, 2010 tempted to change the display on the printers to insert coin / strawberry line jam / out of cheese error etc 1
ICT_GUY Posted March 31, 2010 Posted March 31, 2010 Optical Mouse Confusion This is an update of the old mouse-ball-removal trick: A small piece of tape over the laser sensor on an optical mouse will cause it to go haywire. Just color the nonstick side of the tape with a Sharpie and then tape it over the lens. 1
Andrew_C Posted March 31, 2010 Posted March 31, 2010 Shame my PFY isn't going to be in tomorrow. I just found this on the 'tubes.... I may have to do it anyway! 3
soveryapt Posted March 31, 2010 Author Posted March 31, 2010 Shame my PFY isn't going to be in tomorrow. I just found this on the 'tubes.... I may have to do it anyway! That may just get sent to my mum FaceBook wall! lol ..
tmcd35 Posted March 31, 2010 Posted March 31, 2010 A prank would cause me far too much extra work... so ill be booooring and have a normal day Was going to do some internet stunt - along the lines of "CIA have turned internet off for annual maintenance" - but I haven't got around to mocking anything up and to be honest I started to think It'd cause too meny phone calls. I've settled for changing the READY message on a selection of HP printers askint the user to REPLACE WHITE TONER. Meh, it'd do. I've got an an 'on script' and 'off script' set up so I can put it back to normal and visit the printer asking if they are trying to wind me up
JJonas Posted March 31, 2010 Posted March 31, 2010 Was going to do some internet stunt - along the lines of "CIA have turned internet off for annual maintenance" - but I haven't got around to mocking anything up and to be honest I started to think It'd cause too meny phone calls. I've settled for changing the READY message on a selection of HP printers askint the user to REPLACE WHITE TONER. Meh, it'd do. I've got an an 'on script' and 'off script' set up so I can put it back to normal and visit the printer asking if they are trying to wind me up I dont think I can do that on my Kyoceras
kevbaz Posted March 31, 2010 Posted March 31, 2010 Was going to do some internet stunt - along the lines of "CIA have turned internet off for annual maintenance" - but I haven't got around to mocking anything up and to be honest I started to think It'd cause too meny phone calls. I've settled for changing the READY message on a selection of HP printers askint the user to REPLACE WHITE TONER. Meh, it'd do. I've got an an 'on script' and 'off script' set up so I can put it back to normal and visit the printer asking if they are trying to wind me up do you know if that works with hp 2600's?
tmcd35 Posted March 31, 2010 Posted March 31, 2010 do you know if that works with hp 2600's? I'll find out tomorrow I have 1x2600 on the list. Unfortunately I can't exactly test it before hand. I tested on a LJ5100.
kevbaz Posted March 31, 2010 Posted March 31, 2010 we have a 2600 in our office, would you like to share this script of yours?
tmcd35 Posted March 31, 2010 Posted March 31, 2010 we have a 2600 in our office, would you like to share this script of yours? Theres an old Perl script floating around t'net. Someone had compiled into an exe with a couple of simple command line parameters (IP and Display Message). I've zipped the exe I found and my on/off .bat files.HPHack.zip 3
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