Sys Admin Pranks

kelvinhoffman · 2016-12-09T13:31:33.000Z

I just recently got hired to a new company and I’ve been tasked with coming up with an April Fool’s day joke to play on the users. Specifically one that doesn’t impact their work. Anyone got any good stories of previous pranks or ideas for a new one? I’ve got Group Policy and Remote Powershell at my disposal.

techslice · 2016-12-09T13:33:43.000Z

Masking tape on the undersides of the mice with April Fools written on the bottom of it?

ssmith207 · 2016-12-09T13:33:50.000Z

We added “voice control commands” to the copiers in our office and gave a list of commands. So needless to say hearing users yelling at the copiers was awesome!

steve · 2016-12-09T13:36:32.000Z

Here are some good ideas.

josh-your-it-guy · 2016-12-09T13:39:01.000Z

Best April Fools' Day jokes of 2016 Water Cooler

Google returns with a host of lists of the best April Fools’ Day jokes of this year. The one I like best comes from Digital Trends , and covers the Chrome Chromebook , Google self-driving bicycle, and of course our own zombie infection , plus dozens more. What? You can’t find Spiceworks on their list? Oops — April Fools!

has a lot of pranks

ross · 2016-12-09T13:39:30.000Z

Make a GPO that switches left and right-clicking.

rockylott · 2016-12-09T13:40:15.000Z

I wrote a very simple batch file and created a scheduled task to run the batch file every 30 minutes on user computers. It started a hidden chrome window pointed at:

http://www.zombo.com

So it was funny, but not offensive when their computers would just fire off the silly audio from that website.

christopheramweg · 2016-12-09T13:45:27.000Z

GPO their desktops to some hideous solid color and have it change every 5 minutes or so

Create hotkeys to pop up completely unrelated Google searches or other webpages

Eject the CD drives (if equipped)

bensimpson3 · 2016-12-09T13:45:35.000Z

Growing a lawn in a keyboard is always fun. Takes some time and planning though

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zacharyheins · 2016-12-09T13:57:28.000Z

Providing your company uses Google chrome or Firefox, a GPO to auto add the nCage extension. Every image will be changed to one of Nicholas Cage while it’s active.

mattnewberry · 2016-12-09T14:01:33.000Z

Matrix style.

Instructables

Batch Matrix Prank

Batch Matrix Prank: This is a lot of code that you copy into a notepad document, save as a .bas file and trick some one into opening.

bryanwilms · 2016-12-09T14:03:14.000Z

zheins:

Providing your company uses Google chrome or Firefox, a GPO to auto add the nCage extension. Every image will be changed to one of Nicholas Cage while it’s active.

Evil

bryanwilms · 2016-12-09T14:04:26.000Z

Christopher7464:

GPO their desktops to some hideous solid color and have it change every 5 minutes or so

Create hotkeys to pop up completely unrelated Google searches or other webpages

Eject the CD drives (if equipped)

Changing their wallpapers should be enough to get some of the users going crazy

james485 · 2016-12-09T14:04:51.000Z

You can never go wrong with airhorns being taped underneath the chair and raised all the way up

ryancash6787 · 2016-12-09T14:09:21.000Z

That’s freakin’ great!

hthompson · 2016-12-09T14:43:40.000Z

Christopher7464:

GPO their desktops to some hideous solid color and have it change every 5 minutes or so

Create hotkeys to pop up completely unrelated Google searches or other webpages

Eject the CD drives (if equipped)

Bah, make the wallpaper (and sounds) My Little Pony

harry1028 · 2016-12-09T15:09:45.000Z

Planning for April’s fool this early?

Are you sure you’re not the fool in this?

gulfsailor · 2016-12-09T15:20:56.000Z

Go to El Reg an follow the BOFH. He always has ideas…

theregister.com

BOFH Archive • The Register

Home of the BOFH and his sidekick, the PFY

Briser-fae-the-broch · 2016-12-09T15:34:38.000Z

Ben8917:

Growing a lawn in a keyboard is always fun. Takes some time and planning though

I liked that one! Watercress would work faster.

kelvinhoffman · 2016-12-09T15:48:15.000Z

also entirely possible a this point. But mostly I think my boss is tired of thinking up new ideas. He was the only IT guys here before, and now there are 2 of us.