每个人都喜欢开怀大笑，在电子时代，高科技 hijinks 正等着被淘汰。因此，在我们展示人类已知的 25 种最佳高科技恶作剧时，依偎在您的屏幕前，准备释放各种恶作剧。我们提前向您的朋友和同事道歉。
1.重启重映射
我们从一个肯定会甩掉最先进的Windows用户开始。设置(Setup)很简单，您只需几秒钟就可以单独使用某人的计算机。当你有机会时，偷偷溜过去并右键单击你朋友的图标到Internet Explorer或其他一些常用程序。编辑(Edit)属性并将目标更改为：“%windir% \system32\shutdown.exe -r -t 00” 现在，每次你的伙伴尝试运行 IE 时，他的机器都会神秘地重启——你的笑声会立即产生。
2.启动文件夹乐趣
当我们讨论系统启动时，Windows 启动(Windows Startup)文件夹是一个有趣的地方。创建一个带有有趣消息的文本文件并将其放入其中，这样您的隔间伴侣就会收到每日问候 - 或者，如果您真的想变得邪恶，请从上面添加重新启动快捷方式（不推荐，除非您只是想获得您的踢屁股）。
3.消失的桌面
经典的电脑恶作剧永远不会过时。桌面图像技巧已经存在了一段时间，但请放心：仍有许多毫无戒心的受害者有待找到。只需前往无人看管的计算机，最小化所有窗口，然后点击Print Screen键。将捕获的图像粘贴到任何图形编辑程序中——甚至是Microsoft Paint会做 - 然后保存文件并将其设置为桌面背景。然后，你所要做的就是隐藏桌面上的实际图标——将它们放在某个文件夹中——你的受害者将无休止地尝试点击不存在的图标，这些图标实际上只是背景图像的一部分。对于另一种变体，当你捕获屏幕时让一个程序保持打开状态，并观察人们试图点击它，输入它，然后关闭它，但无济于事。
4.自动侮辱
没有什么比强迫朋友侮辱自己更有趣的了——微软(Microsoft)让这件事变得很容易。花点时间在您同事的Word或Outlook中编辑(Outlook)自动更正(Autocorrect)功能（它位于两个程序的“工具(Tools)”菜单中）。添加一个新条目以将他们的名字替换为“douche”，然后观察他们所有的电子邮件和文档会突然变得多么有趣。一点点创造力可以把这个带到许多不同且同样有趣的方向。
5. 赛瑞斯商务
当您在Word或Outlook设置中时，另一个容易篡改的地方是字典。用常见的拼写错误替换一些正确的单词，只是为了咯咯笑。请确保在您的同事向整个公司发送任何正式备忘录之前让这个问题发挥出来并得到解决。
6.烦人的音频
ThinkGeek Annoy-a-Tron(Annoy-a-Tron)的小额投资将获得巨大回报 。这个 10 美元的小玩意甚至可以照亮最沉闷的办公室。它看起来像一个电脑部件，但是当你拨动开关时，这个家伙会随机发出令人讨厌的哔哔声和嗡嗡声。您也可以在不同的光栅声音之间切换。这个东西是磁性的，所以你只需将它拍在某人的电脑背面，看着他们试图找出可怕的噪音来自哪里（提示：他们永远不会）。
7.办公室幻影
将Annoy-a-Tron提升一个档次， Phantom Keystroker 实际上插入USB端口，然后每隔几分钟进行一次随机按键或鼠标移动。您可以控制发射的频率和种类。对于 25 美元，这可能值得每一分钱——尤其是如果您可以将其作为业务费用注销。
8.手动控制
如果您的预算没有“恶作剧小工具”选项卡，您可以随时使用手动路线并利用USB端口将第二个鼠标连接到相邻的塔上。如果您可以在桌子底下访问他们的计算机背面，这对您对面的人特别有效。插上电源，扭动起来，看着它们蠕动。如果您有无线鼠标，则加分。(Added)
9. 演讲者互换
由于您已经在办公桌下，请尝试另一个切换器：扬声器交换。只需(Just)将他们的扬声器插入您的计算机即可。现在开始循环播放低频心跳声之类的东西，看看他们试图阻止计算机上的滋扰需要多长时间。对于更强大的变化，不要切换实际的电线，而只需将您的一个扬声器（最好是没有音量控制的那个）换成他们的。现在他们仍然会从剩下的扬声器中听到他们自己的系统声音，而且作为额外的奖励，他们将无法控制你恼人的滑稽动作的音量。
10. 轮回之怒
一个简单但快速且总是很有趣的恶作剧是将屏幕旋转热键用于微软(Microsoft)从未打算过的用途。只需(Just)跑到同事的桌子旁，伸手过去并按Ctrl-Alt-向上(Ctrl-Alt-up)或向下键即可旋转他们的显示器方向。如果你有一些独处的时间，你也可以通过进入控制面板(Control Panel)并将鼠标设置为左手来完成它。他们会花 10 分钟歪着头试图弄清楚到底发生了什么。
11.四处游荡
激光鼠标可能结束了偷球的时代，但它开辟了另一种选择。在朋友鼠标的底部贴几层透明胶带，以真正破坏其功能。或者，为了获得奖励积分，贴一张小便利贴，上面写着“为什么我的鼠标不能工作？” 在激光之上。
12. 指针指针
另一个伟大的鼠标恶作剧在控制面板(Control Panel)中等待着您。在“鼠标”设置的“指针”选项卡下，将默认鼠标指针更改为沙漏。突然，系统总是忙于工作！这是怎么回事？！
13. 鼠标四处游荡
在“鼠标”设置中多花些时间，您会发现更多乐趣。尝试切换朋友的主要和次要按钮功能以完全混淆，或者将指针速度移动到极快或极慢，让他们感到极度沮丧。
14.电话乐趣
让我们转移到电话上。首先(First)，一项永不过时的服务： PrankDial.com。只需(Just)浏览并输入朋友的电话号码即可。你可以从一堆不同的声音和风格中挑选，然后输入你想要的任何信息，它会打电话给他们并大声说出来。你可以每天免费拉三个这样的恶作剧，这应该会给你留下很多令人讨厌的选择。
15. 电话扭曲
另外两个网站给电话问题带来了不同的变化。 TeleSpoof.com 和 SpoofCard.com 让您可以呼叫任何人，并在CallerID中显示您想要的任何号码。看看当你用她的手机拨打她的手机时，你的女朋友会变得多么困惑。每项服务只允许您在每个电话号码上拨打三个电话，然后再让您付款，但这足以让您有足够的乐趣。哦，它仍然是合法的，尽管这可能会改变 - 所以尽你所能。
16.蓝牙蓝调
“办公室”普及了我们的下一个恶作剧，伙计，它永远是赢家。当您同事的手机闲置时，拿起您的同事的手机，然后将您的蓝牙(Bluetooth)耳机与它配对。现在您可以接听和拨打他们的所有电话。Jim Halpert，你是个聪明人。
17.定制骚动
知道(Know)有谁拥有在主屏幕上显示可自定义消息的手机吗？下一个是给他们的。如果可以，请进入他们手机的设置并将消息更改为“NO SERVICE”。保证他们返回时的反应。
18. 遥控
回到电脑上进行一些更高级的滑稽动作。这个可能更适合密友或重要的其他人，因为您必须安装一些东西，而且您可能会因为在工作中这样做而被解雇。在他们的系统上设置VNC（虚拟网络计算）服务器。您可以找到免费的，如 适用于 Windows 的TightVNC或适用 于Mac的(Macs)OSXvnc。一次(Once)完成配置后，您可以从自己的计算机上单击、键入和在他们的系统上执行任何操作。做一些微妙的事情，比如偶尔的按键或程序启动，看看他们变得多么困惑。但是，我们不建议长时间保持这种状态，否则您可能会因他们的愤怒而遭受严重后果（您还可能会目睹一些令人不安的色情习惯，这是一种意外的副作用）。
19. 现代的闹鬼
这个想法的侵入性较小的替代方案是一个名为 Office Poltergeist的程序，它现在可以作为一个简单的 Firefox 扩展程序(Firefox extension)使用。一旦你安装了这个宝贝，你就可以播放烦人的声音，加载新的网页，摇晃窗口，并在其他人的计算机上发送弹出消息。它甚至具有将网页上的每个单词实例替换为您选择的另一个单词的功能。我们建议将“互联网”替换为“性交”。
20. 印刷电源
如果您精通网络，请记下下一个。做一些调查工作，找出你办公室的网络打印机文件夹的位置。一旦你掌握了这些信息，你就是金子。导航到该路径，选择任何打印机，然后单击连接。您现在可以随意打印纸质信息并将其发送到办公室的其他区域，无需任何解释。
21.屏幕尖叫
我们的下一个恶作剧来自微软(Microsoft)，令人惊讶的是。那里的程序员发布了一个办公室 “蓝屏死机”模拟器(“Blue Screen of Death” simulator)。在毫无戒心的 IT 人员的 PC 上安装屏幕保护程序，然后在几分钟不活动后看到可怕的系统错误符号弹出。
22. 视力不好
在屏幕主题上，Windows 控制面板(Windows Control Panel)为我们提供了下一个恶作剧机会。如果您真的想弄乱有远见的人的视力，请进入高级设置并尝试将亮度一直降低，对比度一直升高。
23. 疯狂的钥匙
想(Want)用自己的键盘让你的朋友发疯吗？访问Windows 控制面板(Windows Control Panel)下的区域(Regional)和语言设置(Language Settings)以获得一些乐趣。一个名叫 奥古斯特·德沃夏克（ August Dvorak ）的疯子 创造了一种 替代的键盘布局(alternate keyboard layout) ——大吃一惊——从未流行过。但是您仍然可以访问它并使正常打字变得不可能。只需在Languages选项卡下，单击Details，然后单击Add，您就会找到 完全重新映射键盘(completely remap the keyboard)的选项。
24. 恶作剧规则
Outlook规则(Rules)，作为一般规则，可以制造大恶作剧。尝试在您同事的计算机上设置一个，以便您发送的任何电子邮件都会播放节日的声音，打印一份硬拷贝，并立即将一份副本转发给他们以加强强调。一旦组合变老，您可以尝试更多的变化。
25. 热键地狱
我们最后的恶作剧可能是最曲折的。一个名为 AutoHotKey的小程序 ——用于合法目的的非常方便的实用程序——允许您将各种宏分配给您选择的组合键。您甚至不必在其他人的计算机上安装任何东西，因为您在自己的系统上创建脚本，然后可以将它们转换为您只需在另一台计算机上运行的可执行文件。使用一些非常基本的脚本，您可以使任何文本字符串自动替换为其他内容，而不管此人在哪个程序中。您还可以重新映射基本热键（如Ctrl-P）来执行任何您想做的事情 - 例如打开Outlook并向您发送消息，让您知道自己有多棒。花一些时间在这个上，你会发现足够多的恶作剧来让你的 hijinks 保持高输出。
所以你有它：25个最好的高科技恶作剧。好好使用它们并明智地使用它们——如果有人因此对您造成身体伤害，请不要来找我们。
The 25 Best High-Tech Pranks
Everyone loves a good laugh, and in the age of electronics, high-tech hijinks are just waiting to be pulled off. So snuggle up to your screen аnd get ready to unleash all sorts of shenanigans аs we present the 25 best high-tech pranks known to man. Our apologies in adνance to your friends and co-workers.
1. The Restart Remap
We start with one sure to throw off even the most advanced Windows user. Setup is simple and you need only a few seconds alone on someone’s computer. When you get a chance, sneak over and right-click your pal’s icon to Internet Explorer or some other commonly used program. Edit the properties and change the target to: “%windir%\system32\shutdown.exe -r -t 00” Now, every time your buddy tries to run IE, his machine will mysteriously restart — and your laughter will instantly result.
2. Startup Folder Fun
While we’re on the topic of system startups, the Windows Startup folder is a fantastic place for fun. Create a text file with an amusing message and throw it in there so your cubicle mate will get a daily greeting — or, if you really want to get evil, add in the restart shortcut from above (not recommended unless you just want to get your ass kicked).
3. Disappearing Desktop
A classic computer prank never goes out of style. The desktop image trick has been around for a bit, but rest assured: There are plenty of unsuspecting victims still to be found. Just head over to an unattended computer, minimize all the windows, and hit the Print Screen key. Paste the captured image into any graphic editing program — even Microsoft Paint will do — then save the file and set it as the desktop background. Then, all you have to do is hide the actual icons on the desktop — put them in a folder somewhere — and your victim will try endlessly to click the nonexistent icons, which are actually just part of the background image. For another variation, leave one program open when you capture the screen and watch as the person tries to click on it, type in it, and close it to no avail.
4. Auto-Insult
There are few things funnier than forcing a friend to insult himself — and Microsoft has made it easy to do just that. Take a moment to edit the Autocorrect feature in your colleague’s Word or Outlook (it’s in the Tools menu in both programs). Add a new entry to replace their name with “douche,” and watch how much more interesting all their emails and documents will suddenly become. A little creativity can take this one in plenty of different and equally entertaining directions.
5. Serius Buisness
While you’re in the Word or Outlook settings, another good place to tamper is the dictionary. Replace a few correct words with common misspellings just for giggles. Just be sure to let this one play out and get resolved before your co-worker sends any official memos to the entire corporation.
6. Annoying Audio
A small investment will have a big payoff with the ThinkGeek Annoy-a-Tron. This little $10 gadget can brighten even the dreariest of offices. It looks like a computer part, but when you flip the switch, this fella sends out annoying beeps and buzzes at random intervals. You can toggle between different grating sounds, too. The thing is magnetic, so you just slap it on the back of someone’s computer and watch them try to figure out where that awful noise is coming from (hint: they never will).
7. Phantom of the Office
Taking the Annoy-a-Tron up a notch, the Phantom Keystroker actually plugs into a USB port and then makes random key presses or mouse movements every few minutes. You can control the frequency and the kind of emissions. For $25, this may be worth every penny — especially if you can write it off as a business expense.
8. Manual Control
If your budget doesn’t have a tab for “pranking gadgets,” you can always go the manual route and utilize the USB port to attach a second mouse to a neighboring tower. This works especially well with a person across from you, if you can get under your desk and access the back of their computer. Plug in, wiggle away, and watch them squirm. Added points if you have a wireless mouse.
9. The Speaker Swap
Since you’re already under the desk, try out another switcheroo: the speaker swap. Just plug their speakers into your computer. Now start playing something like a low-frequency heartbeat sound on loop and see how long they try to stop the nuisance on their computer. For a more powerful variation, don’t switch the actual wires, but instead just swap out one of your speakers — preferably the one without the volume control — with theirs. Now they’ll still hear their own system sounds from the remaining speaker, and as an added bonus, they’ll have no way to control the volume of your annoying antics.
10. The Wrath of Rotation
A simple but quick and always amusing prank is putting the screen rotation hotkeys to uses Microsoft never intended. Just run by a co-worker’s desk, reach over and hit Ctrl-Alt-up or down to rotate their monitor orientation. If you have some alone time, you can one-up it by also going into the Control Panel and setting their mouse to left-handed. They’ll spend 10 minutes with their head tilted sideways trying to figure out what the hell is going on.
11. Mousing Around
The laser mouse may have ended the era of mouse-ball stealing, but it opened up another option. Stick a few layered pieces of transparent tape on the bottom side of your friend’s mouse to really mess with its functionability. Or, for bonus points, tape a small Post-It note that says “Why won’t my mouse work?” over the laser.
12. A Pointer Pointer
Another great mouse prank awaits you in the Control Panel. Under the “Mouse” settings’ “Pointer” tab, change the default mouse pointer to the hourglass. Suddenly, the system is always busy working! What’s going on?!
13. Mousing Around
Spend some more time in the “Mouse” settings and you’ll find more fun to be had. Try switching out a pal’s primary and secondary button functions for full confusion, or move the pointer speed to either extreme fast or extreme slow to give them some extreme frustration.
14. Phone Fun
Let’s shift to the phone for a bit. First, a service that never gets old: PrankDial.com. Just surf over and enter a friend’s phone number. You can pick from a bunch of different voices and styles, then enter any message you want, and it’ll call them and say it aloud. You can pull three of these pranks every day at no charge, which ought to leave you plenty of obnoxious options.
15. Telephone Twist
Two other sites bring a different twist to telephone troubles. TeleSpoof.com and SpoofCard.com let you call anyone and have whatever number you want show up in CallerID. See how confused your girlfriend gets when you call her cell phone…from her cell phone. Each service only lets you make three calls per phone number before they make you pay, but that’s enough to give you ample amusement. Oh, and it’s still legal, though that might change — so get on this while you can.
16. Bluetooth Blues
“The Office” popularized our next prank, and man, is it ever a winner. Grab your co-worker’s cell phone when they leave it sitting around and pair your Bluetooth headset up to it. Now you can take and make all their calls. Jim Halpert, you are one wise dude.
17. Customized Commotion
Know anyone with the kind of cell phone that displays a customizable message on the main screen? This next one’s for them. When you can, go into their phone’s settings and change the message to “NO SERVICE.” Guaranteed reaction upon their return.
18. Remote Control
Back to the computer for some more advanced antics. This one may be more suited for a close friend or significant other, as you’ll have to install something, and you could probably get fired for doing it at work. Set up a VNC (virtual network computing) server on their system. You can find free ones like TightVNC for Windows or OSXvnc for Macs. Once you get through the configuration, you can click, type, and do anything on their system from your own computer. Do some subtle things like occasional keypresses or program launches and see how perplexed they become. We don’t recommend keeping this up for long, though, or you may suffer serious consequences with their anger (and you may also witness some disturbing pornographic habits as an unintended side effect).
19. The Modern-Day Poltergeist
The less invasive alternative to that idea is a program called Office Poltergeist, and it’s now available as a simple Firefox extension. Once you get this baby installed, you can play annoying sounds, load new web pages, shake windows around, and send popup messages on someone else’s computer. It even has a feature to replace every instance of a word on a web page with another word of your choosing. We suggest swapping “internet” for “intercourse.”
20. Printing Power
If you’re network-savvy, jot this next one down. Do a little investigative work and figure out where your office’s network printer folder is located. Once you have that nugget of info, you’re golden. Navigate over to that path, select any printer, and click connect. You now have the power to print and send random paper messages to other areas of your office with no explanation.
21. Screen Scream
Our next prank comes courtesy of Microsoft, surprisingly enough. The programmers there released an office “Blue Screen of Death” simulator. Install the screensaver on an unsuspecting IT guy’s PC and see the feared symbol of system error pop up after a few minutes of inactivity.
22. Bad Vision
On the subject of screens, the Windows Control Panel provides our next opportunity for mischief. Go into the advanced settings and try shifting the brightness all the way down and the contrast all the way up if you really want to mess with a visionary’s vision.
23. Crazy Keys
Want to drive your friend crazy with his own keyboard? Visit the Regional and Language Settings under the Windows Control Panel for some fun. An arguably insane guy named August Dvorak created an alternate keyboard layout that — big surprise — never took off. But you can still access it and make normal typing impossible. Just go under the Languages tab, click Details, then Add, and you’ll find the option to completely remap the keyboard.
24. Rules of Pranking
Outlook Rules, as a general rule, can make for great pranks. Try setting up one on your co-worker’s computer so that any email from you causes a festive sound to be played, a hard copy to be printed, and a copy to be instantly forwarded back to them for extra emphasis. There are plenty more variations you can try once that combo gets old.
25. Hotkey Hell
Our final prank may be the most tortuous of all. A little program called AutoHotKey — quite the handy utility for legitimate purposes — lets you assign all sorts of macros to key combinations of your choosing. You don’t even have to install anything on anyone else’s computer, as you create the scripts on your own system and can then convert them to executable files that you simply run on another machine. With some very basic scripting, you can cause any string of text to be automatically replaced with something else, regardless of what program the person is in. You can also remap basic hotkeys like Ctrl-P to do anything you want — like open Outlook and send a message to you letting you know how awesome you are. Spend some time with this one and you’ll find enough pranks to keep your hijinks on high output.
So there you have it: the 25 best high-tech pranks. Use them well and use them wisely — and don’t come to us if anyone inflicts physical harm upon you as a result.
