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When AutoCorrect Goes Bad
Our own Dan Fernandez shows how to have fun by adding some "interesting" entries into Microsoft Word’s AutoCorrect feature. Now Catch Dan's article and video demonstration.
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Where did that sound come from?Dan Fernandez walks through how to programmatically change the sound events built into Windows to amuse and annoy your victims.
Randomly Opening CD Tray
Jeff Key knows how to annoy his April Fool's "victims". Imagine the frustration for the PC user who can't understand why her CD drive tray keeps popping open without warning throughout the day! You probably already know who you want to play this prank on! |
Persistent Error Messages
Oh how we hate them. Everything is going along fine and then something happens causing a message box to pop-up and tell us there is a program error. Sometimes it is simply a matter of acknowledging the message with a click and restarting. Express Product Manager Jacqueline Russell thought it might be a good idea to make it a little more painful. See how many fake, and progressively ominous, messages it takes before your victim figures out it's an April Fool's prank. |
Shattering Screen Saver!
DirectX Guru Andy Dunn (The ZMan) works his visual magic again in this application that captures your desktop screen image then runs it as a screen saver. The prank comes when your victim sees the screen appear to crack and shatter like glass!