----- Original Message ---- > From: Giles Honeycutt > To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. > Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2009 10:10:22 AM > Subject: Re: [OT] Evil pranks(was bonehead move of the day) > > My fav: > walk up to a Windows machine, hit Win D to minimize, hit Print Screen, > hit Win R for run, type PBRUSH, Hit Control V, to paste the desktop with > icons as a picture, Click on Save as Background Centered, you will need > to give it a name, I suggest X in the My Documents, so it is not too > hard to find. Close paint brush. Click on the window that was active > and walk away. (can be done in 15 seconds) > If they ever move an icon, they will see a exact copy of it that they > can not click. > Please let them know it is just a wall paper before they re-install windows. > > Have fun, > Giles Better than that is do not minimize the original program running before taking the snapshot minimize it after setting the background to the snapshot, and moving all icons off the desktop it appears their application is still there but hangs, after all you can't type in it, click in it or do anything with it. and even after a reboot , it's still there. Peter van Hoof -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist