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Best Computer Halloween Tricks

40 Responses (Add) | Saturday, October 27th, 2007 at 12:15am

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Halloween is fast approaching, and I thought it would be fun to come up with a list of tricks you can play on someone using their computer.

Replace their normal wallpaper with an image of a BSOD, and remove all their icons
Change their HOSTS file to make every Google page redirect to a Rick Rolled
Install the Office Poltergeist on their machine
Tell them sadly that they will have to downgrade to Windows ME
Link them to a screamer on YouTube… such as MINE

Have a wonderful… and SAFE… Halloween.

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40 Comments

Halloween

January 1st, 1970
at 12:00am

unknown

Windows Vista Torrent

October 27th, 2007
at 2:11pm

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AccordionManiac

October 26th, 2007
at 6:45pm

lol

DerelictDreams

October 26th, 2007
at 6:46pm

Hahaha I did the screenshot trick to my co-workers years ago.

DMXell

October 26th, 2007
at 7:46pm

There’s a mac program (forget the name, sorry) that simulates a Windows virus. Obviously it does no harm but it’d be pretty funny to see the look on the persons face of their Mac getting a virus.

askzach1

October 27th, 2007
at 12:22am

1 comment.

JameZ2k

October 27th, 2007
at 12:36am

Rick ROLL’D LOL

iApple1000

October 27th, 2007
at 2:18am

no.. no not ME!!!!! aaaaah its just so wrong and unstable!!!

jean9452

October 27th, 2007
at 2:54am

Stop at 3:54… ah!!! lmao!

oakaleafy

October 27th, 2007
at 4:00am

put a animated gif picture as the backround

1r0nm4n911

October 27th, 2007
at 4:31am

rofl good find

JameZ2k

October 27th, 2007
at 7:36am

Rick ROLL’D LOL

Pixnlix

October 27th, 2007
at 8:24am

hahaha! love it! so freakin funny!

iApple1000

October 27th, 2007
at 9:18am

no.. no not ME!!!!! aaaaah its just so wrong and unstable!!!

jean9452

October 27th, 2007
at 9:54am

Stop at 3:54… ah!!! lmao!

Joeyl10

October 27th, 2007
at 10:36am

That fake XP to Vista upgrade video was sooooo weird…

delta246100

October 27th, 2007
at 10:57am

LOLZ i just watched the screamer and it scared the shit outof me,and right after i watched it
the was the next vid i watched….creepy.

Intr0sp3ctive

October 27th, 2007
at 10:58am

Does anyone know how to do #2? Redirecting Hosts files to a RickRoll

oakaleafy

October 27th, 2007
at 11:00am

put a animated gif picture as the backround

1r0nm4n911

October 27th, 2007
at 11:31am

rofl good find

Pixnlix

October 27th, 2007
at 3:24pm

hahaha! love it! so freakin funny!

Joeyl10

October 27th, 2007
at 5:36pm

That fake XP to Vista upgrade video was sooooo weird…

delta246100

October 27th, 2007
at 5:57pm

LOLZ i just watched the screamer and it scared the shit outof me,and right after i watched it
the was the next vid i watched….creepy.

Intr0sp3ctive

October 27th, 2007
at 5:58pm

Does anyone know how to do #2? Redirecting Hosts files to a RickRoll

eldadrummer

October 27th, 2007
at 11:07pm

lmao downgrade to windows millenium lmfao

eldadrummer

October 28th, 2007
at 6:07am

lmao downgrade to windows millenium lmfao

cheesemonkey421

October 30th, 2007
at 11:05am

the term trick or treat does make sense, just the way people say it doesn’t: You are demanding a treat, but if you don’t get one, you will play a trick on the candy giver person