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So I know there are a lot of april fools pranks you can pull, but I am looking for something specific to spiceworks and my users.

My first idea was to reply to all my tickets using flip text: Upside Down Writing | Flip text generator

Then I thought instead to redo the entire portal in fliptext

Any other ideas on what I can do with my users?

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Find the person in your office who makes the coffee, bring a cup to his office in this mug, and say “This coffee tastes like $h!t”

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Tell them thier mice are now voice activated and they can just speak commands into it. Tell them if it doesn’t work at first they will need to pick it up and Shout “Mouse Activate”! into it.

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Are you familiar with ctrl-alt-arrow key / monitor rotation?

I’d look in to a method for deploying that company wide (or specific to the PC of the person you want to prank), remotely… and flip “everyone’s” display upside down… (never having tried it remotely I am only hoping it’s possible lol)

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Start the rumor that you (personally/physically) are pregnant!

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That reminds me of the team episode of The IT Crowd… As Roy, Moss, and Jen are leaving Denholm’s office, Denholm asks them what they wanted, and Roy says “Oh we installed voice recognition on your computer.” Then all you see is Denholm screaming “HELLO COMPUTER!!!” into the mouse…

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The voice activation ideas should be funny.

I believe there are official looking posters on the webz that can be modified for various brands of printers and copiers.

Although I think they are funny I won’t be using them - I don’t believe as many people have a sense of humor as say they have a sense of humor.

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My users do that to themselves all the time! lol

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Yes in the closing credits he is at that point screaming at hi computer…I love that show

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My favorite is to change everyone’s wallpaper using Group Policy that says they have been hacked and all their personal information stored on the company computers has been posted on Facebook.

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Connect to users computers and make their DVD drive drawer open and close multiple times. Some people jump out of their seats and come running to your office to tell you their PC is possessed. Back when PC’s were on the desktop and the CD drive was located right in front of their keyboards the results were priceless.

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http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/f49a/

It will do it all for you.

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Somehow I think that given that April 1 is not just the first of the month, but also a Monday, things will be rough enough that day…

As for opening & closing the CD drive, it’s all funny until someone has their coffee cup right in front of the computer and the CD drive tray knocks it over into the keyboard (or worse yet, onto their expensive smartphone…)

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Here’s one for you.

I had a user call me to her desk about this and I nonchalantly flipped it back. She stops for a minute, then says “I was afraid to call you because I thought I broke it. It’s been like that for a week…”

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I’m gonna get my girlfriend to make some brownies, then I’m going to bring the brownies into work for some co-workers, with a label saying “Happy April Fools day”. I am not actually going to do anything bad to the brownies. I just want to see who is paranoid. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Move all the desktop icons to another folder. On the blank desktop, create a folder with some oddball name. “Boss wife pics” or something equally jaw dropping.

Take a screenshot of the desktop with the one folder. Make screenshot the desktop background. Remove the real folder so only the screenshot version is there.

Replace all the icons

Enjoy user flipping out trying to remove the questionable folder or whatnot from the desktop.

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I believe you, but one has to wonder why ehr manager had not been concerned about lack of productivity.

And who cares if she “broke it”? Still got to be fixed, so she should tell someone.

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Oooo…following this thread! :slight_smile:

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I’m afraid of this April fools day. I’m suppose to be starting a new job on the 1st. I’m half expecting when I show up for them to say April fools you aren’t hired.

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You could just walk around with a clip board. taking notes frantically. Have a friend or vendor walk around with you .Stand next to each desk and whisper something into the friends ear, and have the guest nod. If they ask what you are doing, just say "You’ll know soon, trust me"You get the idea.

Bonus: Measure their cubicles/offices while they are looking.

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Can you use group policy to set all keyboards to devorak?

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