There's no better way to welcome back your coworkers from the holidays, vacation, or that long sales trip than with an office prank. There is no need for pranks to be relegated to April Fool's Day; any day of the year is good for a small joke. A prescription for safe office pranks if often perfect for some fun lighthearted fun and/or well deserved payback.

In this day and age, Technology and the Internet rule, and most people spend their time online browsing, emailing or shopping. Why not try and play a joke on your friends where they spend most of their time…their computers and offices.

Remember, any prank you can easily play on someone could just as easily be used against you as well.

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Shutting Down in 5...4....3...2...

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If you enjoy friendly pranks, and have a co-worker that spends more time playing solitaire then they do filling out their TPS reports, then this is an easy prank that works with any version of Microsoft's Windows Operating Systems.  When they step away from their computer for a few minutes:
  1. Select an an icon from the desktop (games, office applications, or browsers are excellent targets as they are commonly used) and make a copy of it.
  2. Hide the original shortcut and rename the copy so it matches the original files name.
  3. Right-click on it and choose “Properties“. 
  4. In the properties window that appears, locate the "Target” field, replace what is written with:
    1. “shutdown -s -t 0”
  5. Switch to the "Customize" tab and select "Change Icon" from the "Folder Icons" section at the bottom of the tab.
  6. Locate and set the appropriate icon for your new shortcut.
  7. After the information is entered, press “Apply” then “OK“. 
Once you have done this, the next time they attempt to click on the shortcut you set, the computer will shutdown.

It crashed again

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The Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) is so ubiquitous with MicroSoft Windows, that at everyone who has used Microsofts operating systems for any period of time has encountered it at one point of another.  Microsoft has turned this infamous problem into a screensaver that is perfect for when your boss has been working on the year end reports and steps away to get more coffee.  The screen saver not only authentically mimics a BSOD, but will simulate startup screens seen during a system boot.  Simply
    1. Download the screen saver from Microsoft's website
    2. Follow the directions included to install the screensaver.
    3. Open the Control Panel > Display and select the "Screen Saver" tab.
    4. Locate the BSOD screen saver and set the screensaver start timer to the lowest setting.
    When setting executing this prank, you should ensure that any open documents are saved as the victim may try to immediately restart their computer, especially if you disable the "Wake on mouse" settings.

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