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the prank What’s more frustrating than a frozen computer! Honestly, not much. If you want to freak out the less computer-savvy members of your family- -ahem, Mom and Dad--just follow these steps to make it look like your family computer is on the fritz. what you need Access to a family member’s computer * Easy Medium prank o’meter Expert what you do the setup If you have a Mac . . . Close all open programs on the 1 computer. Take a screenshot of the desktop 2 by holding “Command” and “Shift” and then hitting “3.” This picture file should have been 3 saved to your desktop. Move this image to a folder where you’ll be able to find it. Move all desktop icons into a new 4 folder called something innocentsounding, like “Computer” or “Downloaded” or “[your name]’s Stuff.” Change the desktop picture on your 5 computer to be the screenshot. Next hide the dock--and make it 6 more difficult to find--by going to the Apple menu, selecting “Dock,” and then choosing to move it to either the right or left side of the screen. Once you move the dock from the bottom of the screen, go again to the Apple menu, select “Dock,” and then select “Automatically hide and show the Dock.” If you have a PC . . . Close all open programs on the computer. 1 Take a screenshot of the desktop by 2 using the “Print Screen” button on your keyboard. Paste this picture into a picture-editing program, such as Paint. Save 3 this image in a folder where you’ll be able to find it. Move all desktop icons into a new 4 folder called something innocentsounding, like “Computer” or “Downloaded” or “[your name]’s Stuff.” Change the desktop picture on your 5 computer to be the screenshot. Next hide the taskbar--and make 6 it more difficult to find--by rightclicking on it. If there is a check next to “Lock the taskbar,” click it (to remove the check, unlocking the taskbar). This will make it so that you can move the taskbar to either the top or sides of the monitor by clicking and dragging to the position of your choice. continues c <strong>pranklopedia</strong> • 15
COMPUTER DESKTOP CONFUSION (continued) Pull the prank Now your victim’s computer should look normal, but because the icons and the taskbar are just images--and thus will not open or move or do anything they’re supposed to do--it will appear as if the computer is totally busted. Now you can just wait around for the panic the next time your victim uses her computer. Or speed things along and ask her to look something up for you. You might want to take pity on your victim before she calls the help desk! 14 • p rankopedia
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