Computer Pranks
Ahhh - technology. There are no safe zones from pranksters - especially computers!
Here are some of the best computer pranks we have found - many of them are free!
Add-Romove
Try not to laugh while your victim thinks his/her computer programs are being deleted . . .
Avoid
With this fun joke program you can make your Windows Start button avoid your mouse clicks.
Just launch this program and watch as your Start button jumps away from your mouse cursor as you try and click on it.
Bomb
This program will display the standard Windows 95/98 "Illegal Operation" dialog box. It appears as though the user's application has crashed.
Perfect for replacing a commonly used shortcut, the user will believe there is something wrong with the application, or even with the machine.
With the command line option you can make it appear that the program you just ran...bombed!
Click Me
Click Me is a highly technical and comprehensive software package which required literally hundreds of man hours of programming.
At the core of this elaborate feat of programming genius is the exhaustive efforts of the RJL Software research and development team.
Our goal was to create a button that avoids your mouse pointer. We believe we have succeeded...
ClickStart
ClickStart is a Windows prank program that hides in the background from the user. By default, every 45 seconds it will click on the start button
causing the start menu to open. Users will be surprised when their start menu pops up, they will have no idea what is going on.ClickStart supports a
command line option to specify the amount of delay between each start button click.
Clippy
Have you ever been working in Windows and a small annoying Clippy assistant appeared? We have too, that is why we created this prank
software called Clippy.Clippy is a simulated office assistant that, when ran, will hide in the background for 1 minute then popup in the lower right hand
corner of the screen and say something useless. There is no right-click Hide option on our Clippy prank, you will think there is no way to get rid of it (but there is).
Every minute, Clippy pops up spouting useless nonsense about your computer. Clippy looks exactly like the annoying Clippy assistant you are used to,
complete with sound and a variable size hint box based on the size of the hint.That is not all! Clippy comes with a dozen or so default messages, but
Clippy can be customized to fit your needs. You can create a clippy.txt file within the same directory as Clippy and when loaded, it will read this file to figure
out which hints to blurt to the screen. The possibilities are endless. By default, Clippy will randomly read this file to get a line of text. However, there is another
option that will tell Clippy not to read it randomly. You can have Clippy ask a series of questions, in order, to really confuse someone. If Clippy encounters a
question mark (?) within the line of text, it will display a hint box with YES NO options that can be clicked.Clippy is a hilarious computer prank that will have you
laughing for hours.
Copy Cursor
Copy Cursor replicates the current Windows mouse cursor over-and-over again on the screen. This is VERY annoying which makes it a great prank!
By default the program starts with no user interface and begins to copy the current mouse cursor and paste it where your mouse just was on the desktop.
After several minutes you could have hundreds of mouse pointers on your desktop.Copy Cursor is FREE and harmless. Download it and try for yourself.
Crazy Num Caps Scroll
This program will toggle the Num Lock, Caps Lock, or Scroll Lock keys at user defined intervals. It is possible to setup which keys to toggle and how often
to toggle each key. This program also has command line support, so you can setup a shortcut to toggle each key. It can also be added to the
Windows startup, where it would automatically begin toggling the keys. The best part about this program is that it is totally hidden to the user, and they
will be unable to determine the source of the toggle.
Dirty Mouse
Dirty Mouse is a desktop prank that simulates the mouse ball is dirty. How many times have you tried to move your mouse and it does not move?
Most people remove the mouse ball to ensure that it is clean and there is nothing preventing the mouse from working properly. Dirty Mouse will drive your
friends insane! Download our free Dirty Mouse prank and watch it fake you out.
DownHoax
This great prank makes it appear as though an "unwanted" file is being downloaded from the Internet. DownHoax randomly chooses a site from its
internal database of "undesirables" and proceeds to simulate downloading an equally distasteful file. DownHoax supports both Internet Explorer as
well as Netscape Navigator, and it will display the correct download screen depending on which browser is set as the default. You are unable to cancel
or stop this program, if you try it will simply restart the download process.You can also specify the transfer rate that DownHoax uses when displaying the fake
download screen.
Email Fun
If you need to play a good prank on someone, Email Fun should do the trick. When executed, Email Fun displays a fake email screen complete with
the To:, From:, Subject: and message contents. Then it immediately pretends to automatically type an email to everyone that is in your address book.
Once the message is completed it simulates sending the email, with itself as an attachment.Email Fun is a great way to make new friends. Just attach it to a real
email and send it off.
Fake Delete
Fake Delete simulates the deletion of all files/folders in the Windows directory or whichever directory is passed via the command line. Fake Delete uses the
standard Windows delete dialog so it appears very realistic, and it cannot be disabled or stopped. The custom delete file display list is generated by
scanning the computer¡¯s directory, and actually displays the files being deleted. When Fake Delete initially starts, it adds a file to the Recycle Bin to as
sist the illusion. If a directory is passed on the command line, then that directory is the directory deleted. By default, the Windows directory is deleted. The
hard drive actually makes noise each time a file is deleted.
Fake Format
Fake Format mirrors the Windows "Format" functionality. Once the program is started, no matter which buttons are chosen, the program simulates formatting the
specificed drive. The user is unable to stop, interrupt, or cancel this format. Once the fake formatting is complete, the standard Windows format summary appears.
Upon closing this summary screen the program can be exited.
Fake Shutdown
Want to scare your friends and family? Download Fake Shutdown! This prank program simulates what would occur when a user chooses to shut down
Windows. Each screen was cautiously created to mirror the look of the actual Windows shutdown sequence. Once the user is presented with the shut down
Windows screen, they are unable to close it unless they agree to shut down Windows. Once they choose to shut down Windows, the screen will go black long
enough for them to crap their pants, then a screen tells them it was just a joke!Fake Shutdown works will ALL windows operating systems. Upon startup it detects
which operating system you have and displays the appropriate Fake Shutdown screen.
Flasher
Flasher is a hidden prank program that allows you to flash any image to the computer screen, almost like a subliminal message! Flasher supports
JPG, BMP, EMF, WMF and ICO formats. All you have to do is specify the image you want to flash and the amount of time between flashes. When the
software is not flashing the image to the screen, it hides itself within Windows until the next time it needs to flash.This is a great prank to play on your friends.
Imagine flashing the logo of the opposing sports team or a photo of their ex. The possibilities are endless so download Flasher today -- it's free.
Flip It
Flip It is a fake Windows message that appears to have flipped upside-down. Clicking on the YES button will slowly make each piece of text rotate 180
degrees until you can read it again.Place this program on someone's desktop and wait for the loud "HUH?". You can play this trick over and over.
Follow Me
Follow Me ingeniously instructs your Windows Start Button to follow your mouse cursor, where ever it goes! When you execute this software, it will
automatically hide in Windows and wait for your mouse cursor to move. Once your cursor moves, it automatically moves your Start Button to the same
position, horizontally, on the Windows Task Bar. The best part about it is the Start Button still works!This trick is a great one to pull on your friends.
Just load this software on their computer and listen for them to say "huh?". Follow Me also supports emailing to your friends and family, be sure to
send the instructions on how to close down this software.
Mouse Droppings
Who ever said your mouse did not have a mind of its own? Well now it can with Mouse Droppings. Watch as your mouse drops little black turds all
over your screen, randomly. This is a great joke to play on an unsuspecting co-worker, you can even email this prank to a friend!By default, every 3 seconds
Mouse Droppings will randomly crap out 1 to 4 turds on your desktop. The fun never ends with Mouse Droppings, you can configure the delay between
poops with a small command line option.Download Mouse Droppings today and have some toilet paper ready...
MouseClicks
MouseClicks is a harmless gag program that allows you to disable the left, right or both mouse clicks every x seconds. That means you could run this on your
boss and disable the LEFT mouse click every 30 seconds and he would think that his mouse is broken! MouseClicks is free and completely harmless.
Download MouseClicks today and start having fun with your friends.
Password Prank
Password Prank will have you laughing in your chair. This program displays a fake, but very realistic, password box to the user. No matter what key the user
presses, it starts typing in its own password. Once the password is entered an error message is displayed to the user telling them their password is not long
enough.This email gag is great for playing tricks on your cyber friends. Just attach it to an email and send it, your friends will love it.
Pirated Software
Pirated Software is a prank that emulates the standard software installation or setup. However, the installation walks you through the steps of installing illegal
software. Of course this is nothing more than a joke, but you could have a lot of fun with this. Pirated Software starts by displaying a standard welcome
screen, there is some text added to make this installation appear illegal. The next screen displays a bogus software license agreement. The final screen
summarizes the installation or setup of this program. If the user chooses to finish the installation, a message displays telling them the authorities were notified.
Pirated Software was created to scare users that illegally copy software. For added fun you can burn this on a CD-ROM and make it the autorun so when
people put the CD into the computer......Boom! Pirated Software runs.
Popup Prank
Everyone has seen those annoying online popup advertisements that show a surveillance camera or a TV monitor with some sexy women on it. Popup
Prank is a gag software program that allows you to simulate these online popup advertisements. The real prank comes when you configure the gag to load a
photo of your friend or of your office space!To aide in the realistic behavior of the prank, you can have it hide in the background until an Internet Browser opens.
You can specify the amount of time to delay before showing the popup window and you can have the popup window show multiple times. Once the popup
appears it looks and feels just like a normal popup window, except that the photo in the TV is of your friend! If the person getting pranked clicks on the fake
advertisement they are brought to any website you determined when you configured the prank.
PowerSave Prank
PowerSave Prank is a harmless little prank that puts your screen into power save mode, over and over again! You can prank your favorite co-worker or friend at
school with our PowerSave Prank. Simply run it on their computer, using the default of 60 seconds to switch into power save mode or supply a command line
option to specify the number of seconds to trigger the power save mode. Our PowerSave Prank is harmless and lots of fun! The unsuspecting victom simply
needs to move the mouse to re-activate their screen and everything will be back to normal - so they think. Once PowerSave Prank cycles through its timer, it
will trigger the power save mode again.
Print Me
When you launch Print Me the standard Windows Print dialog appears, no matter which button is pressed a fake print dialog screen displays to the user.
On this print progress dialog any of 10 random files appear to be sent to the default printer. During this prank process the standard Windows
Printers tray icon is added to the task bar. If the user clicks on the tray icon to view or delete the documents being printed, another bogus printers dialog appears.
This printer window emulates the exact functionality of the Windows print dialog. Features included in this realistic printers window are error messages,
document replication and much more. Once the prank has completed a 10 second pause occurs to allow the user to think about their next step, then
our splash screen appears to let them know it was just a prank!
Program - WAV Launcher
This is a hidden program launcher. It will launch a specified program or .wav file at user defined intervals. The user can select the program or .WAV file to
be launched and the frequency of launching. For programs you can specify the style of launching; normal, maximized and minimized.This program is
guaranteed to annoy any user. Imagine Notepad.exe, or the .WAV file "Hail to the King Baby!" launching every five minutes. This is a great prank to play on a
co-worker or friend.
Random Burper
Random Burper is just that, a hidden software program that will play gross burp sounds randomly every minute until closed. There are many different burp
sounds that our software has to choose from, listen long enough and you might even hear a small fart. Our software has an added feature of turning the internal
Windows volume to maximum just before burping, then restoring it back to the original settings. Place Random Burper on an unsuspecting office worker and
watch them become red with embarrassment. This is a must have prank to play on that conservative worker in your office.
ReplaceKeys
ReplaceKeys is a fun little prank that allows you to replace many keyboard keystrokes with different keyboard keystrokes. Let us explain....
First you set the key you want to replace, in our case we will use the letter A. Next you set the key you want to replace A with, in our case we will use Z.
Lastly you set how often it should replace the key press, in our case we will use 30 seconds. Then you start the prank! This is what will happen: after 30 seconds
has passed ReplaceKeys will wait for the letter A to be pressed on the keyboard, once it has it will grab the A keystroke and send the letter Z to the computer. It
works as if the person typed in the Z character!ReplaceKeys makes it appear that the user has mis-typed on the keyboard. It will take them forever to realize you
pranked them. ReplaceKeys is completely hidden and can be stopped easily by moving the mouse cursor to the TOP LEFT corner of the screen.
ReplaceKeys is so effective we even played it on our president and he was fooled!ReplaceKeys works with any program you are using within Windows.
Yes, that means the web browser, email, Microsoft Office, etc. The possibilities are endless with this little prank.
Rotate
Rotate is a desktop manipulator that will randomly flip the desktop into all sorts of weird positions. It can flip it over, reverse it or flip and reverse it. For an added
benefit we change the users cursor to a "?" to aid in the confusion. Each time you run Rotate it is different, so keep playing.
Screen Screw
Screen Screw does just that, it screws with your screen. When you launch Screen Screw it will appear as though your screen has some type of problem painting its
colors. The entire screen will have an odd color tint that keeps changing to different colors. The computer is still usable, however the screen looks ruined!
Colors change every 10 seconds by default, you can specify the amount of time between color changes with a command line option. Screen Screw is a harmless
prank that will not only screw with your screen, it will screw with your mind! Download Screen Screw, its free and fun.
Shakedown
Shakedown will take your current desktop and shake it violently. This will not only annoy you to death, but also give your eyes a good strain. Run this on a friend's
computer when they are gone and wait for them to arrive with that puzzled look. With a simple click of the mouse or keyboard press,
Shakedown will close leaving them to wonder....
Show - Hide Desktop
Show - Hide Desktop is another fun Windows prank from RJL Software. This prank allows you to configure how often the desktop icons will hide and then show
again. With this prank, then entire desktop with all of the icons will disappear and then magically re-appear when the configured time (in seconds) elapses.
Show - Hide Desktop is a simple little prank that installs and runs seamlessly on any Windows operating system.
The Finger
The Finger will have you laughing for hours! Launch The Finger on an unsuspecting user and watch their reaction when the cursor changes to the middle finger
and then back to normal again. By default The Finger runs hidden in Windows and will switch the mouse cursor to a finger every 5 seconds, but you can
configure how often the cursor will change by passing the word "setup" on the command line. To stop The Finger from changing the mouse cursor, simply
move the mouse cursor to the top left corner of the screen and it will restore your mouse cursor and close.This is a must have joke program for the serious prankster.
Time Traveler
Use Time Traveler to get back at a friend you pulled a prank on you last April Fool's day. Time Traveler is a devious little prank that changes the
Windows system clock to a random time. To make matters worse, Time Traveler runs invisible in the background performing this task every 30 seconds.
Just think of the fun you can have with this free prank software. Closing Time Traveler is simple, once you learn how. Just move your mouse cursor to the
TOP LEFT corner of the screen and Time Traveler will close down.For experienced users you can use the command line options to modify how often Time
Traveler changes the system clock.
Vista Upgrade Prank
The Vista Upgrade Prank starts by emulating the Windows Update service screen. Clicking the install or cancel button closes the update service window and
appears to initiate the Vista Upgrade Advisor. This Upgrade Advisor scan the system (actually does nothing) to ensure the computer is ready to upgrade to
Vista. If you click the Cancel button, it disables itself. You are unable to close the screen or stop the progress (don't worry, its harmless).
The Upgrade Advisor completes within 15 seconds or so and then informs the user their computer is able to run Windows Vista. Yippee!
Here is where the fun begins. After the Upgrade Advisor our Vista Upgrade Prank will initiate a 'fake' Upgrade to Vista. This part includes many flashy icons
and flavor text about the joys of upgrading to Vista. The user can click next or wait a few seconds and the upgrade to Vista simulation begins.
Again, clicking cancel will do nothing, the process runs until the progress bar is complete (this process does nothing either). After 30 seconds or so the fake
upgrader shows that the upgrade was successful and allows the user to close the upgrade program.
Upon closing the upgrade a full screen Vista logo appears with the Vista startup sound making it appear as though the system is running Vista.
After some load time the user is presented with a Mac OS X desktop with a little bit of Windows flavor. After all, the visual features in Vista already exists in
Mac OS X - right? Double-clicking the desktop or clicking 5 times will close the fake Vista desktop and the gag program will exit. An awesome prank for the workplace.
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